This guide to MRI for kids helps parents and caregivers understand what to expect during a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ...

(Reuters) - Evidence is mounting that MRI scans may be safe for people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to the latest study on the issue that appeared in the American Journal of ...

An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain and mildly elevated troponin levels. High levels of troponin, a protein, occur when the heart muscle is ...

Pacemakers are life saving, but they can also prevent you from getting a crucial MRI scan when you need it. But now manufacturers are making models that are more MRI friendly. For Joyce Schwartz an ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - What was supposed to be a routine MRI scan quickly became a freak accident at a Bay Area hospital. From the outside, it was an ordinary February day at Kaiser Permanente’s ...

In 1997, FDA published a draft document recommending that individuals with implanted pacemakers should not enter magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure rooms or come within the 5-G line around the ...

The field of MRI is growing rapidly. As the number of MR techniques increases, so will the number of biomedical implants, products, and devices carrying labels such as MRI safe or MRI compatible.