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- Safety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Safety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
SUPERSEDED AND ARCHIVED
Topics: MRI
Published:
14 March, 2013
ISBN:
1-871101-95-6
Summary
SCoR and BAMRR issue this guidance and advice document on safety issues in MRI. This second edition updates the 2007 document and provides direction on where appropriate information can be found.
Contents of this document
- 1. Rationale (280 words)
- 2. Defining the areas of safety and responsibility within the MRI department (536 words)
- 3. Static magnetic field (B0) (775 words)
- 4. Time-varying (gradient) magnetic fields (dB/dt) (322 words)
- 5. Radio-Frequency Radiation (B1) (705 words)
- 6. Cryogen hazards (366 words)
- 7. MRI phantoms (89 words)
- 8. Implantable medical and non-medical objects (1723 words)
- 9. Pregnancy (929 words)
- 10. Considerations for high field strength scanners (3T and above) (750 words)
- 11. Contrast agents and other drugs (379 words)
- 12. Manual handling in MRI (121 words)
- 13. Fire and emergency safety and training (181 words)
- 14. European Union Physical Agents Directive (EMF) EUPAD (296 words)
- 15. Staffing of MRI units (600 words)
- 16. Design and planning of units (177 words)
- 17. Professional responsibilities of the radiographer (1093 words)
- 18. Further Resources (217 words)
- 19. References (594 words)
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Safety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 1. Rationale
- 2. Defining the areas of safety and responsibility within the MRI department
- 3. Static magnetic field (B0)
- 4. Time-varying (gradient) magnetic fields (dB/dt)
- 5. Radio-Frequency Radiation (B1)
- 6. Cryogen hazards
- 7. MRI phantoms
- 8. Implantable medical and non-medical objects
- 9. Pregnancy
- 10. Considerations for high field strength scanners (3T and above)
- 11. Contrast agents and other drugs
- 12. Manual handling in MRI
- 13. Fire and emergency safety and training
- 14. European Union Physical Agents Directive (EMF) EUPAD
- 15. Staffing of MRI units
- 16. Design and planning of units
- 17. Professional responsibilities of the radiographer
- 18. Further Resources
- 19. References
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