MR Safety, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on MR Safety and is edited by Dr. Robert E. Watson. Articles will include:: Key elements of clinical MRI safety; Standardized approaches to MR safety assessment of patients with implanted devices; Performing MRI safely in patients with implanted electronic devices:: cardiac electronic implanted devices and neurostimulators; Implanted devices:: SAR considerations for common diagnostic examinations; Testing of commonly implanted devices for MR conditional labelling; MR safety in the 7T environment; Physics of MR safety; MRI safety considerations of gadolinium based contrast agents:: gadolinium retention and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; MRI safety:: Siting and zoning considerations; Elements of effective patient screening to improve safety in MRI, including use of ferromagnetic detection systems; MRI safety in the interventional environment; MRI Safety:: Pregnancy and Lactation; MR safety:: Computer MRI simulations for testing of electronic devices; and more!