> Home > GE Community > Residents/Fellows Corner Emanuel Kanal, MD, FACR Professor of Radiology and Neuroradiology Director, Magnetic Resonance (MR) Services Department of Radiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MR Safety Site: http://www.radiology.upmc.edu/MRsafety The Handheld Magnet for Magnetic Resonance Screening As of May, 2002, there is now available a >1,000 gauss hand held magnet for MR sites to enable them to perform screening testing of metallic objects prior to their being permitted into MR Zones III and IV (as per the ACR White Paper on MR Safety and its ACR MR Safe Practice Guidelines, Kanal, et al, American Journal of Roentgenology, June, 2002; 178:1335-1347). Further information regarding this magnet can be obtained at http://www.mrimagnet.com Join Dr. Emanuel Kanal's Residents/Fellows Corner. Ask Dr. Kanal a question, sign up for his courses, learn more about MR safety, participate in one of Dr. Kanal's discussion forums and much, much more ...         GE Community Center Software Apps - eFlexTrial Dr. Bradley's Corner Bill Faulkner's Corner Dr. Kanal's Corner Dr. Tannenbaum's Corner   My Tool Box

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