Guidance

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): protecting patients

How to best protect patients and volunteers during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 August 2008

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MRI procedures: protection of patients and volunteers

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This document provides advice on limiting the exposure of patients and volunteers to the static magnetic fields, time-varying electromagnetic fields and acoustic noise from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Published 1 August 2008