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As mentioned in an earlier post, noted MR safety guru Dr. Emanuel Kanal gave a brilliant presentation at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA). While his session, “MR Safety Update, 2008″ addressed several different MR safety issues, below is a video excerpt, which marries the audio recording with his presentation slides, showing information on ferromagnetic detection that Dr. Kanal presented.

Excerpt from Dr. Emanuel Kanal "MR Safety Update 2008" at AHRA [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Among the ACR Guidance Document on Safe MR Practices: 2007, the recent Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert #38 on MRI Accidents and Injuries, and other standards and expert recommendations, it is abundantly clear that ferromagnetic detection is a potent part of an effective MR screening program.

A PDF transcript of the above video is available for download at http://MRImetaldetector.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Transcript_of_Dr_Kanal_Edited_video.pdf.

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