Standardisation for safe implant scanning in MRI

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SERI

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23.00125

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Standardisation for safe implant scanning in MRI

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Abstract (English)	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is still a safety hazard for patients with medicalimplants, i. e. ~10 % of the EU population. Improved standardisation of both implants andMRI scanners is key to overcome this problem and the convenors of internationalstandards board’s call for dedicated research. Standardisation of an implant safetyconcept built on smart implants communicating with the MRI scanner is requested toprovide easy and patient specific safety assessments. Similarly, heating of metallicpassive implants due to switched gradient fields in MRI poses an often-unrecognisedhazard for implant carriers, which is not reflected in documentary standards and needs tobe addressed. Improved safety assessments would provide 50 million implant carriers inthe EU safer access to a potentially life-saving diagnostic modality and improveddiagnostic image quality. Implant and MRI manufacturers will also benefit from fasterdevelopment and market introduction times of their innovative products.

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is still a safety hazard for patients with medicalimplants, i. e. ~10 % of the EU population. Improved standardisation of both implants andMRI scanners is key to overcome this problem and the convenors of internationalstandards board’s call for dedicated research. Standardisation of an implant safetyconcept built on smart implants communicating with the MRI scanner is requested toprovide easy and patient specific safety assessments. Similarly, heating of metallicpassive implants due to switched gradient fields in MRI poses an often-unrecognisedhazard for implant carriers, which is not reflected in documentary standards and needs tobe addressed. Improved safety assessments would provide 50 million implant carriers inthe EU safer access to a potentially life-saving diagnostic modality and improveddiagnostic image quality. Implant and MRI manufacturers will also benefit from fasterdevelopment and market introduction times of their innovative products.