MR-Safety Recommendations: Changelog
Version 2.0
- Date: 5. February 2018
- New co-author: Michael Ith. Thanks a lot for the help!
- Rewording of the legal notice.
- Complement description of danger potential with references to empirical
incidence.
- Emphasize the fact that almost all systems have a CE label.
- Substantiate the paragraphs on noise as a risk factor.
- Further align the suggestions regarding internal responsibilities with
international recommendations.
- Recommend to leave the final decision for or against the conduction of a
clinically indicated exam in the case of unresolved safety issues to the
radiologist in charge of the exam or to a team of experts.
- More consistently emphasize the concept of a risk-benefit assessment.
- Reword the recommendations for a risk-assessment of employees to minimize
the risk of unlawful data collection by employers.
- Reword the recommendations for a safe handling of devices and
foreign objects.
- Add decision trees for a safe handling of devices and foreign objects
in appendix 2.
- Merge two separate sections with information on how to deal with
medical devices and foreign objects.
- Merge two separate sections with information on the cooling medium
helium and quenches.
- Add hyperlinks to some references.
- Expand index and glossary.
- Reformulate some sections.
- Partly reduce the depth of the heading hierarchy.
Version 1.1
- Date: 12. Juli 2016
- First public version.