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High-Field MRI and Safety: I. Installations

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High-field magnetic resonance (MR), originally developed in the framework of spectroscopy and functional neuroradiology, has become to our days an important diagnostic tool not only in research but also in advanced clinical practice.

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  1. Health Physics Department, “IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Viale Cappuccini, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, (Fg), Italy

    Alberto Maiorana & Alessandra Iannelli

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  1. Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, “L. Bonomo” Hospital, Andria (BT), Italy

    Tommaso Scarabino

  2. Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, “L. Bonomo” Hospital, Andria (BT), Italy

    Saverio Pollice

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, “IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy

    Teresa Popolizio

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Maiorana, A., Iannelli, A. (2017). High-Field MRI and Safety: I. Installations. In: Scarabino, T., Pollice, S., Popolizio, T. (eds) High Field Brain MRI. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44174-0_1

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