Confession time: I have a love-hate relationship with RSNA. I love going, attending educational sessions (the handful that interest me and that my brain can wrap around) and cruising the technical exhibits to see what’s new and interesting. My experiences as an exhibitor, well, they were universally disappointing… until this year that is…
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RSNA 2009 Epilogue
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Anesthesiology Joins Call for MRI Safety
Monday, March 2nd, 2009The March issue of Anesthesiology, the journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), contains a new Practice Advisory on the safety of anesthesia care in the MRI environment. This new call from the ASA for a heightened level of attention is concurrent with startling growth in the rates of reported MRI accidents. The $43,172 question… Will JCAHO answer?
As I see it, the new ASA MRI Practice Advisory does three things… Click to learn about the effects of the new ASA Advisory…
New MRI Safety Standards Published By ASHE
Monday, December 15th, 2008The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) has just published a monograph for those planning MRI installations and the design professionals (architects, engineers and equipment planners) who help them.
Click to read more on the content and ordering options for the ASHE monograph…