Dear AuntMinnie member,
MRI safety is the focus of this MRI Insider, beginning with the first two episodes of a three-part Invisible Force podcast series on the fatal 2001 MRI accident that triggered the development of MRI safety standards. In episode 1 and episode 2, MRI experts Tobias "Toby" Gilk and John Posh discuss the events leading to the tragic death of 6-year old Michael Colombini.
What’s more, Gilk and MRI technologist Kris Seitz have produced a podcast on issues involved with cat-eye nail polish. Additionally, Gilk recently filed a citizen’s petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the agency to take administrative action relating to the risks of near-field magnetic field burns in whole-body MRI systems and options for eliminating or mitigating risk. Get all of the details here.
Meanwhile, MRI has shown that former elite soccer players have a higher symptom burden of neurodegenerative disease, suggesting measurable effects on brain health from repetitive heading impacts. And a standardized MRI lumbar spinal stenosis classification system may help improve accuracy and consistency of grading.
Researchers have also found that cardiac MRI parameters improve the predictive power of a model that estimates 10-year risk for heart failure and that socioeconomic factors account for at least 16% of variability in measures of children’s brain function.
Also, adding a blood-based biomarker test to prostate screening with MRI can improve cancer detection. Finally, an international panel has issued consensus recommendations for using MRI in prostate cancer screening.
You can also find these articles and our other recent coverage of MRI-related topics by visiting our MRI content area.
Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com
