title: Quality assurance: recommended guidelines for safe heating by capacitive-type heating technique to treat patients with metallic implants.
abstract: This article is a redissemination of the previous Japanese Quality Assurance Guide guidelines. Specific absorption rate and temperature distribution were investigated with respect to various aspects including metallic implant size and shape, insertion site, insertion direction, blood flow and heating power, and simulated results were compared with adverse reactions of patients treated by radio frequency capacitive-type heating. Recommended guidelines for safe heating methods for patients with metallic implants are presented based on our findings.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan. hkato@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Motoharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamimura
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kagayaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuki
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004947:Esophagus; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D008670:Metals