An assessment of the safety of rapidly changing magnetic fields in the rabbit: implications for NMR imaging.
The effects of rapidly changing magnetic fields on the cardiac and respiratory functions of anaesthetised rabbits have been investigated. No changes were observed using pulsed fields with peak rates of change of 60 T/sec. The implications of these experiments for the safety of NMR imaging are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011817:Rabbits; D012119:Respiration; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors