Size “H” oxygen cylinder: Accidental MR projectile at 1.5 Tesla

✍ Scribed by Patrick M. Colletti

• Book ID: 102372498
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1053-1807
• DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10431

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

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.