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Size “H” oxygen cylinder: Accidental MR projectile at 1.5 Tesla
Author(s) -
Colletti Patrick M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.10431
Subject(s) - projectile , accidental , cylinder , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , materials science , nuclear medicine , medicine , mathematics , acoustics , metallurgy , geometry
The risks of ferromagnetic compressed gas cylinders becoming projectiles in an MR environment are well known (1, 2). The recent death of a child from such an incident reinforces the potential for disaster (3). J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2004;19:141–143. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.