[Effect of types of field used in nuclear magnetic resonance tomography on core and surface temperature in the human body. Results of in vitro and in vivo experiments]

Abstract

Deep and superficial body temperature was measured by in vitro and in vivo experiments, using a fluoro-optic procedure and a variety of magnetic and electromagnetic fields in the course of magnetic resonance tomography. The in vitro experiments had shown that measured temperature changes resulting from a static magnetic field were reversible and could be reproduced readily. Temperature measurements in the human body were carried out centrally (oesophageal and rectal measurements) and at the periphery (intravascular). In vivo experiments on 30 experimental subjects showed no significant changes (p = 0.05) in central or surface temperatures as a result of static or dynamic magnetic fields or electromagnetic high frequency fields.