MRI - Safety[edit]

Hi Tgilk, I've just spotted your addition to the MRI page (safety, dramatic increase in incidents). I tried to follow the link to the FDA page, but it only takes me to a search - what did you search for to get the 277% figure? Also, do you have any idea how many more machines have been installed since 2004 (or how many more scans are performed)? I'm sure the number of machines has increased, but I have no hard figures. I think the figure needs putting in context, no? GyroMagician (talk) 18:47, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GyroMagician, I'm happy to help as I can. As for the raw numbers, you may want to see the following blog article with citations (http://mrimetaldetector.com/blog/2008/11/potpourri-of-mri-safety-statistics/). It is from November of 2008, so it doesn't contain the full 2008 data that indicates a 277% increase. To view the raw numbers (or the reports of incidents behind the gross numbers) go to that FDA website and enter "LNH" (minus the quotes, which is the index code for MRI) in the product code box and set the dates you wish to search. If you do whole-year searches, and compare the data from 2004 (the most recent year in which there was a recorded drop in MRI accidents) with 2008 (the last full year of data), you'll see the 277% increase. Overall, during this time frame, MRI utilization is estimated to have grown at only about a 3% annual rate (see the blog article for a citation to this figure). please let me know if I can provide anything further. Tgilk (talk) 00:06, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've just read your reply on the Magnetic resonance imaging discussion page. Are you sure that the MRI is completely harmless when done correctly? I've read that you lose a lot of brain cells and that you can get cancer because of the MRI. Is that true? I would really appreciate your answer. -- Orthographicus (talk) 09:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]