INTRACRANIAL METALLIC FOREIGN-BODIES AND MRI SAFETY - REPORT OF ONE CASE

Authors
VIANAFERNANDES C IFFENECKER C DOYON D
Citation
C. Vianafernandes et al., INTRACRANIAL METALLIC FOREIGN-BODIES AND MRI SAFETY - REPORT OF ONE CASE, Journal de radiologie, 79(8), 1998, pp. 764-766
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal de radiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
02210363
Volume
79
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
764 - 766
Database
ISI
SICI code
0221-0363(1998)79:8<764:IMFAMS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report a firearm wound of the brain which could not be analyzed by computed tomography because of induced artifacts. MRI study was remark ably after verifying the nonferromagnetic nature of the projectiles.