MRI exposure may affect workers' mental skills: study

摘要

Utrecht, Netherlands - Medical staff exposed to magnetic fields from MRI scanners may experience a decline in mental skills, finds a recent study from Utrecht University. As part of the study, 30 volunteers were exposed to static magnetic fields of 0, 0.5 (medium) and 1 (high) at one-week intervals. They then completed 12 timed mental tasks comparable to the skills a health care worker would use near an MRI machine.