2017 Imaging for Physicists Coursebook

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Static Field (B

0

) Effects

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Translational Force (Projectiles)

Force product (B

0



dB

0

/dz)

Ferromagnetic objects

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Torque

Proportional to B

0

2

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Bioeffects?

Some transient effects (magnetophosphenes,

metallic taste, vertigo) at 4.0 Tesla

No known long term effects