Pocket Guide to Mr Procedures and Metallic Objects: Update 1999

The new edition of this one-of-a-kind pocket reference enables radiologists to recognize risks and avoid injuries when performing MR procedures on patients with metallic bioimplants, prostheses, and other objects. The book covers the full range of metallic objects encountered during clinical MR procedures -- including more than 150 new implants -- so that the reader will be prepared for any scenario. The user-friendly tabular format makes it easy to quickly find the highest field strength at which an object was tested...whether it was deflected or moved...and whether the attraction to the magnetic field would pose a hazard for a patient undergoing an MR procedure. A key appendix walks the reader through the medical equipment developed for interventional MR procedures.Frank G. Shellock is the author of 'Pocket Guide to Mr Procedures and Metallic Objects: Update 1999', published 1999 under ISBN 9780781723459 and ISBN 0781723450.