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MR Safety

MR Safety continues to evolve and in response, the ACR's Committee on MR safety created the ACR Manual on MR Safety with updates and critical new information which replaces all earlier versions of the ACR Guidance Document on MR Safe Practices. The ACR Manual on MR Safety addresses numerous MR safety-related topics such as:

  • MR Personnel
  • Screening
  • Gowning
  • Full-stop/Final Check
  • Special Patient Population Considerations
  • Implants, Devices and Objects
  • MR Environments to include 7T and intraoperative MR environments
  • Static Magnetic Fields
  • Time-Varying Gradient and RF Magnetic Field-Related Issues

Draft ACR Manual on MR Safety Now Open for Public Comment

To the MR Safety Community: This draft ACR Manual on MR Safety builds on the efforts of our predecessors and prior editions of the Manual, and includes substantial new content as well as new MR Safety recommendations. In an effort to increase readability and instructional value, we have reorganized the Manual into chapter format, with chapter-specific references. More figures have been incorporated and “Key Points” boxes are included, all in an effort to enhance clarity.

It is our hope that this Manual accurately addresses challenges facing contemporary MR practices and provides tools and recommendations to help ensure safety for all in our evolving and challenging MR environments. We are keenly interested in feedback from you in the MR community, and we appreciate your comments and input.

Utilize the following link to submit comments The public comment period will end on April 14, 2023All comments will be considered but please note that individual follow-up will not be provided.

Draft ACR Manual on MR Safety
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This draft copyright protected MR Safety Manual is embargoed, and must not be copied, distributed, duplicated, quoted, or cited. Due to anticipated volume of responses, only comments entered into the Smartsheet tool will be able to be considered by the Committee.

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