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ACR White Paper on Magnetic Resonance (MR) Safety: Combined Papers of 2002 and 2004.

November 16, 2005

Kanal E; Borgstede JP; Barkovich AJ; Bell C; Bradley WG; Etheridge S; Felmlee JP; Froelich JW; Hayden J; Kaminski EM; Lester JW Jr; Scoumis EA; Zaremba LA; Zinninger MD; American College of Radiology; ACR.

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This white paper combines two reports from the ACR Blue Ribbon Panel on MR Safety. Experts developed safe practice guidelines to be used by practitioners in developing magnetic resonance safety programs.

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