Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 715-723 , June 2008

Magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity of metallic dental materials and their impact on MR imaging artifacts

  • Jana Starčuková

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Scientific Instruments of the ASCR, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 147, 612 64 Brno, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +420 541 514 247; fax: +420 541 514 402.
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  • Zenon Starčuk Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Scientific Instruments of the ASCR, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 147, 612 64 Brno, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Hana Hubálková

      Affiliations

    • Charles University, First Medical Faculty, Department of Stomatology, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Igor Linetskiy

      Affiliations

    • Charles University, First Medical Faculty, Department of Stomatology, Prague, Czech Republic

Received 5 January 2007 ,Revised 31 July 2007 ,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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PII: S0109-5641(07)00199-6

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.07.002

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 715-723 , June 2008

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