This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on MR Safety and is edited by Dr. Robert E. Watson. Articles will include: Key elements of clinical MRI safety; Standardized approaches to MR safety assessment of patients with implanted devices; Performing MRI safely in patients with implanted electronic devices: cardiac electronic implanted devices and neurostimulators; Implanted devices: SAR considerations for common diagnostic examinations; Testing of commonly implanted devices for MR conditional labelling; MR safety in the 7T environment; Physics of MR safety; MRI safety considerations of gadolinium based contrast agents: gadolinium retention and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; MRI safety: Siting and zoning considerations; Elements of effective patient screening to improve safety in MRI, including use of ferromagnetic detection systems; MRI safety in the interventional environment; MRI Safety: Pregnancy and Lactation; MR safety: Computer MRI simulations for testing of electronic devices; and more!
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. ix 7. CME Accreditation Page - p. x 8. Foreword - p. xiii 9. Preface - p. xv 10. Key Elements of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety: It Takes a Village - p. 471 11. MR Imaging Safety: Siting and Zoning Considerations - p. 481 12. Elements of Effective Patient Screening to Improve Safety in MRI - p. 489 13. MR Imaging Safety Considerations of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents: Gadolinium Retention and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis - p. 497 14. Magnetic Resonance Safety: Pregnancy and Lactation - p. 509 15. The Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety - p. 517 16. Standardized Approaches to MR Safety Assessment of Patients with Implanted Devices - p. 537 17. MR Safety: Active Implanted Electronic Devices - p. 549 18. Practical Aspects of MR Imaging Safety Test Methods for MR Conditional Active Implantable Medical Devices - p. 559 19. Magnetic Resonance Safety in the 7T Environment - p. 573 20. MR Imaging Safety in the Interventional Environment - p. 583 21. MR Imaging Safety Events: Analysis and Improvement - p. 593
This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on MR Safety and is edited by Dr. Robert E. Watson. Articles will include: Key elements of clinical MRI safety; Standardized approaches to MR safety assessment of patients with implanted devices; Performing MRI safely in patients with implanted electronic devices: cardiac electronic implanted devices and neurostimulators; Implanted devices: SAR considerations for common diagnostic examinations; Testing of commonly implanted devices for MR conditional labelling; MR safety in the 7T environment; Physics of MR safety; MRI safety considerations of gadolinium based contrast agents: gadolinium retention and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; MRI safety: Siting and zoning considerations; Elements of effective patient screening to improve safety in MRI, including use of ferromagnetic detection systems; MRI safety in the interventional environment; MRI Safety: Pregnancy and Lactation; MR safety: Computer MRI simulations for testing of electronic devices; and more!
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. ix 7. CME Accreditation Page - p. x 8. Foreword - p. xiii 9. Preface - p. xv 10. Key Elements of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety: It Takes a Village - p. 471 11. MR Imaging Safety: Siting and Zoning Considerations - p. 481 12. Elements of Effective Patient Screening to Improve Safety in MRI - p. 489 13. MR Imaging Safety Considerations of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents: Gadolinium Retention and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis - p. 497 14. Magnetic Resonance Safety: Pregnancy and Lactation - p. 509 15. The Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety - p. 517 16. Standardized Approaches to MR Safety Assessment of Patients with Implanted Devices - p. 537 17. MR Safety: Active Implanted Electronic Devices - p. 549 18. Practical Aspects of MR Imaging Safety Test Methods for MR Conditional Active Implantable Medical Devices - p. 559 19. Magnetic Resonance Safety in the 7T Environment - p. 573 20. MR Imaging Safety in the Interventional Environment - p. 583 21. MR Imaging Safety Events: Analysis and Improvement - p. 593
