MRI safety: A report of current practice and advancements in patient preparation and screening

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 935-937

  Weidman, Elizabeth K ^a   Dean, Kathryn E ^a   Rivera, William ^b   Loftus, Michael L ^a   Stokes, Thomas W ^b   Min, Robert J ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Weill Cornell ^*  (United States)

^b New York Weill Cornell Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Metal detector; Patient safety; Patient screening

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRON; METAL DETECTORS;

CURRENT PRACTICES; CURRENT SAFETY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; FERROUS MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY CONCERNS; SCREENING TECHNIQUES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BURN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING RESTRICTION ZONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREPARATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84947195902     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.09.002     Document Type: Review

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