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Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment
The wide-open side of an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system allows a patient to easily contact the patient assistant during MRI scans. A wide-open-shaped magnet is highly effective when interventional procedures are necessary. Patient assistants can provide comfort by holding a part of the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36429902 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215185 |
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author | Oh, Sukhoon Hong, Seon-Eui Choi, Hyung-Do |
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description | The wide-open side of an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system allows a patient to easily contact the patient assistant during MRI scans. A wide-open-shaped magnet is highly effective when interventional procedures are necessary. Patient assistants can provide comfort by holding a part of the patient’s body. Because current regulations or guidelines are concerned with only patient radio frequency (RF) safety, investigations on the safety of patient assistants exposed to high-magnetic field MRI (up to 1.2 T) are required. In this study, five different poses of patient assistants were numerically simulated at a 1.2 T open MRI system to determine the impact of poses on the RF exposure level. The 10-g averaged specific absorption rate (SAR) levels were analyzed for the poses of each patient assistant wearing gloves. Compared with the patient, up to 29.8% of the patient SAR was observed in the patient assistant. When the patient assistant wore latex gloves, a 63.7% reduction in the 10-g averaged SAR level was observed, which could be a remedy to minimize possible RF hazards. To prevent possible RF hazards during MRI scans, certain clauses regarding the patient assistant’s poses or wearing gloves must be added to the existing MRI screening forms. |
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spelling | pubmed-96906382022-11-25 Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment Oh, Sukhoon Hong, Seon-Eui Choi, Hyung-Do Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The wide-open side of an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system allows a patient to easily contact the patient assistant during MRI scans. A wide-open-shaped magnet is highly effective when interventional procedures are necessary. Patient assistants can provide comfort by holding a part of the patient’s body. Because current regulations or guidelines are concerned with only patient radio frequency (RF) safety, investigations on the safety of patient assistants exposed to high-magnetic field MRI (up to 1.2 T) are required. In this study, five different poses of patient assistants were numerically simulated at a 1.2 T open MRI system to determine the impact of poses on the RF exposure level. The 10-g averaged specific absorption rate (SAR) levels were analyzed for the poses of each patient assistant wearing gloves. Compared with the patient, up to 29.8% of the patient SAR was observed in the patient assistant. When the patient assistant wore latex gloves, a 63.7% reduction in the 10-g averaged SAR level was observed, which could be a remedy to minimize possible RF hazards. To prevent possible RF hazards during MRI scans, certain clauses regarding the patient assistant’s poses or wearing gloves must be added to the existing MRI screening forms. MDPI 2022-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9690638/ /pubmed/36429902 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215185 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Oh, Sukhoon Hong, Seon-Eui Choi, Hyung-Do Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment |
title | Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment |
title_full | Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment |
title_fullStr | Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment |
title_short | Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment |
title_sort | proposed safety guidelines for patient assistants in an open mri environment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36429902 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215185 |
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