Attitude towards MRI safety during pregnancy
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Attitude towards MRI safety during pregnancy.
Ann Saudi Med 2006;26(4):306-309 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been in clinical use for more than two decades. At the time of introduction of this important diagnostic tool, there were many concerns about its safety and the effects of the different types of magnetic fields utilized in MRI on the body tissues. Safety of MRI in pregnancy, however, was and still is one of the important conc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.306