Alternative MR Environment Protocols - Video Lesson

Hey everybody. Welcome to today's lesson on unique MRI safety hazards. MRI is one of the safest imaging modalities when best practices are followed but it also carries unique hazards. Three unique hazards include hybrid imaging systems, surgical instrumentation and ultra high magnetic fields. Let's get started. First, let's discuss hybrid imaging systems. Hybrid systems such as PET MRI present special risks because they combine two powerful but distinct technologies into a single system. On one side, you have the MRI environment with its strong magnetic fields, gradient switching and radio frequency energy. On the other, you have a PET machine. PET or positron emission tomography is a type of imaging tool which shows how organs and tissues are functioning at a metabolic level. It is a type of nuclear medicine. PET imaging introduces the use of radioactive tracers