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Ivan Pedrosa1, David A Altman1, Jonathan R Dillman1
1From the Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex (I.P.); Department of Radiology, Mecklenburg Radiology Associates, Charlotte, NC (D.A.A.); Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio (J.R.D.); Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif (M.N.H.); Department of Radiology, University of Miami-Miller Medical School, Miami, Fla (A.M.M.); Departments of Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis (S.B.R.); Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (J.M.R.); Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex (R.J.S.); Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island and Hasbro Children's Hospital-Brown University Health, Providence, RI (J.A.W.); Department of Quality and Safety, American College of Radiology, Reston, Va (D.L.H.); and Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St, Rochester, MN 55905 (R.E.W.).
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Since the introduction of the American College of Radiology (ACR) MRI safety guidelines in 2002, the indications for use of MRI in clinical care and research have continued to expand. Similarly, MRI technologies have evolved, with multiple field strengths now available for human imaging. While several publications have updated the ACR recommendations since the first guidelines, a single source in a structured format was lacking. Accordingly, the ACR Committee on MR Safety recently updated the online ACR Manual on MR Safety that compiles ACR recommendations for safe use of MRI equipment in humans into a single document. This review describes the new structure of the ACR Manual on MR Safety, discusses new content, indicates gaps in knowledge that require further research, and explains the rationale for the Committee on MR Safety recommendations on certain topics, such as remote operation of MRI systems.
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