Study type: Law/recommendation/guideline

Protection of Patients and Volunteers Undergoing MRI Procedures guideline

Health Protection Agency (HPA)
2008, Documents of the Health Protection Agency, RCE-7: 1-100, ISBN 978-0-85951-623-5

Summary

The document provides advice on limiting the exposure of patients and volunteers to the static magnetic fields, time-varying electromagnetic fields and acoustic noise from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It also sets out recommendations on best practice and further research needs. The advice provided recognizes the clear benefits to individual patients undergoing MRI examinations and more generally, through research involving volunteer exposures, to increasing medical knowledge for the benefit of all.

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