Is diathermy safe in women with copper‐bearing IUDs?

A Heick, T Espersen, HL Pedersen… - Acta obstetricia et …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound and short‐wave diathermy are widely used in physiotherapy to induce heating of
deep tissues, since this causes a concomitant increase in local blood flow. A metallic implant …

Heating of cardiovascular stents in intense radiofrequency magnetic fields

KR Foster, R Goldberg… - … : Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
We consider the heating of a metal stent in an alternating magnetic field from an induction
heating furnace. An approximate theoretical analysis is conducted to estimate the magnetic …