ACR guidance document for safe MR practices: 2007.

摘要

There are potential risks in the MR environment, not only for the pa-J tient but also for the accom-panying family members, attending health care professionals, and others who find themselves only occasionally or rarely in the magnetic fields of MR scanners, such as security or housekeeping personnel, firefighters, police, etc. [3-6]. There have been reports in the medical literature and print media detailing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) adverse incidents involving patients, equipment, and personnel that spotlighted the need for a safety review by an expert panel. To this end, the American College of Radiology (ACR) originally formed the Blue Ribbon Panel on MR S afety. First constituted in 2001, the panel was charged with reviewing existing MR safe practices and guidelines [5-9] and issuing new ones as appropriate for MR examinations. Published initially in 2002 , the ACR MR Safe Practice Guidelines established de facto industry standards for safe and responsible practices in clinical and research MR environments. These were subsequently reviewed and updated in May 2004 .