Patients with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) may safely receive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing according to a study from the New England Journal of Medicine. Currently, implanted devices must meet the Food and Drug Administration’s criteria to be considered MRI-conditional. The pacemakers and ICDs that do not meet these requirements are considered legacy devices, […]

Technologists, radiologists, and facility staff all work hard to ensure MRI safety for every patient they treat. Still, some patients get nervous at the prospect of having their first-ever MRI scan.   Really, diagnostic imaging’s reputation for risk comes from X-rays, which expose patients to a minimal amount of ionizing radiation. Despite this, X-rays are […]