MRI Safety Talks

In part 2 of our series on The ABMRS: What Does Credentialing Really Mean for MR Safety? host Kellye Mantooth sits down with three ABMRS credentialed personnel: Dr. David Altman, MRMD, Dave Jordan, MRSE, and Kristan Harrington, MRSO, to discuss how becoming credentialed changed their perspective and practices regarding MR Safety. 

In this insightful episode, we learn more about the day-to-day aspects of each position and h...

Join us for a 3 part series on the ABMRS: What does credentialing really mean for MR Safety?
 
In our first episode in this series, host and MR Safety Expert, Kellye Mantooth, sits down with the current chair of the ABMRS, Bill Faulkner. Tune in as they discuss why the ABMRS was founded, what their mission is, and what progress they've made since their development. Bill shares his experiences with MR Safety through the...

In this podcast episode, Kellye Mantooth sits down with MRI technologists Kris Seitz, John Reyna, and Randy Parker to explore the implications of the new ACR Manual 2024 on MR safety practices. The discussion delves into scanner utilization, personnel recommendations, and notable changes in the manual, such as the transition from a five gauss boundary to a nine gauss boundary. The technologists share their insights on patient scree...

This conversation with Toby Gilk explores the evolution of MR safety. It begins with a discussion of the early publications on MRI safety, including the 1985 report from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. The conversation then moves on to the Michael Columbini incident in 2001, which brought attention to the need for better MRI safety practices. The ACR's response to the incident, including the formation of th...

In a follow-up to Part 1: The Rise of MRI Incidents, Part 2's discussion gets centered around the current operating situations within MRI and what things may be contributing to increases in safety risks.   Kellye Mantooth and Toby Gilk also discuss some things to consider as an MRI technologist operating in an environment with concern for safety.

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Ferromagnetic detection systems for use in MRI have been around now for almost two decades, yet myths about their origin, utility, and success still remain, despite their evolution to where they are today.  

Kellye Mantooth, National MRI Safety Trainer for Metrasens, sits down for a discussion with Dr. Mark Keene, Chief Scientific Officer for Metrasens to talk about ferromagnetic detection system evolution and myths.
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There is no doubt that there has been a widespread increase in MRI incidents, primarily related to projectile incidents.  In Part 1 of a two part episode, Kellye Mantooth, National MRI Safety Trainer for Metrasens, and Tobias Gilk, Founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants, discuss some of the specific incidents and their severity.

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MRI Safety Talks host, John Posh, and guest Tobias Gilk, Founding Principal of Gilk Radiology and Consultant to Metrasens, address listener submitted questions in a follow-up to the recent Metrasens webinar covering MRI projectile safety and lessons extracted and analyzed from the MAUDE database.  Topics in this episode of MRI Safety Talks include:

• FDA and the MAUDE database in general
• Projectile risks related to specific devices
• ...

MRI Safety Talks host, John Posh, and guest Tobias Gilk, Founding Principal of Gilk Radiology and Consultant to Metrasens, spend time addressing listener submitted questions in a follow-up to Episode #2 - 2020 ACR Guidance: What's New?  This Q&A podcast covers questions submitted around the topics of:

• Best Practices
• Enforceability
• ABMRS (American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety)
• Risk Assessment/Risk Management
• Defined Ro...

MRI Safety Talks host, John Posh, talks about the newly released (and named) 2020 ACR Manual on MRI Safety with guest Toby Gilk, Founding Principal of Gilk Radiology and Consultant to Metrasens.  This new release is a replacement for the 2013 Guidance Document on MRI Safe Practices.

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MRI Safety Talks host, John Posh, talks about MRI Safety during the Covid-19 pandemic with guest Amanda Garlock, Quality, Training and Safety Supervisor at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, WA. USA.  Washington state was one of the first outbreak areas in the USA with Covid-19, having early dealings with how to best manage the challenges for MRI professionals.

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