TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient screening prior to MR imaging
T2 - A practical approach synthesized from protocols at 15 U. S. medical centers
AU - Elster, A. D.
AU - Link, K. M.
AU - Carr, J. J.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - The article by Boutin et al. [1] in this issue of the AJR documents a surprisingly great variation in the MR screening procedures used at different academic centers throughout the United States. Although considerable literature now exists concerning the MR imaging of patients with ferromagnetic implants, devices, and foreign bodies [2-4], no uniform screening protocol to identify such patients has yet been adopted. The Safety Committee of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SMRI) has recommended that 'each imaging site should develop a standardized policy for screening patients with suspected metallic foreign bodies' [5]. To date, however, the SMRI has neither proposed nor endorsed a specific screening protocol for general use.
AB - The article by Boutin et al. [1] in this issue of the AJR documents a surprisingly great variation in the MR screening procedures used at different academic centers throughout the United States. Although considerable literature now exists concerning the MR imaging of patients with ferromagnetic implants, devices, and foreign bodies [2-4], no uniform screening protocol to identify such patients has yet been adopted. The Safety Committee of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SMRI) has recommended that 'each imaging site should develop a standardized policy for screening patients with suspected metallic foreign bodies' [5]. To date, however, the SMRI has neither proposed nor endorsed a specific screening protocol for general use.
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U2 - 10.2214/ajr.162.1.8273665
DO - 10.2214/ajr.162.1.8273665
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8273665
AN - SCOPUS:0027953007
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 162
SP - 195
EP - 199
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 1
ER -