MR Safety Essentials for Nurses

This chapter will focus on describing the main safety issues of MRI, including pertinent background physics related to safety. This chapter will cover practical tips for keeping patients and staff safe in the MR environment. An overview of implanted medical devices including MR Conditional active devices, off-label (MR unsafe) active devices, and passive implanted devices will be presented. The unique challenges of monitoring patients in MRI as well as contrast agent used for MR will be presented.

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