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MR Safety Instructions
Lecturer:
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Güllmar
Dr. rer. nat. Karl-Heinz Herrmann
Dates and time: on request
Duration: depending on add on modules (S1 GenTSV, Small Ainmal MRI,.. ) typically 30-60min
Location: Seminar room on 1st floor, MRT Forschungszentrum Am Steiger, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena
Contents:
Base Module inactive MRI: general hazards of a switched off MRI system (required)
- superconducting Magnet (Attraction forces)
- Contraindications arising from ther static magnetic field
- compatibility of equipment
- liquid Helium (Quench)
- Emergency procedures
Base Module active MRI: hazards caused by an MRI during operation (required)
- switched imaging gradients
- noise
- induction and peripheral nerve stimulation
- Vibrations of non-magnetic but conductive implants
- High Power Radio-frequency transmitter
- Heating effect on tissue
- wires acting as resonant antenna
- tattoos, piercings, etc.
Add-on Module: S1 GenTSV for small animal MRI (optional, required for access to S1 lab)
- Laws and regulations
- Definitions of Risk/safety level according to GenTSV and BioStoffV
- S1 documentation ahead of experiments
- risk mitigation by standard S1 lab rules
Add-on Module: small animal MRI (optional, required for conducting experiments)
- Requirements
- TVA ahead of time
- executing PIs on location the entire time
- documentation (experiments and medication)
- Animal handling during MRI experiments
- Biomonitoring
- Heating
- Setting up the equipment
- positioning of the animals
Dr. rer. nat. Karl-Heinz Herrmann
Medizinische Physik / IDIR,
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter,
S1 Projektleiter am Kleintier MRT
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter,
S1 Projektleiter am Kleintier MRT