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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2005;294:2145-2148.

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Anecdotal evidence of burns, implantable device failures, and the death of a 6-year-old boy struck by an oxygen canister has physicians and technicians questioning the safety of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging practices.

Solid data about the size of the risk remain elusive as reporting of incidents is neither standardized nor mandatory. But some MR safety experts are not waiting for such reporting systems and are moving forward with improved guidelines and additional research to minimize injury.

Several of these experts gathered for a teleconference on September 21 to educate physicians and technicians about the current state of MR safety. The conference was sponsored by ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute), a nonprofit health services research agency based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

A metal chair drawn into a magnetic resonance scanner by its powerful magnet highlights the need for heightened safety measures during the operation of such machines. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

LOW INCIDENCE RATE?