Common Healthcare Related Instruments Subjected To Magnetic Attraction Study (CHRISTMAS): prospective in situ experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the behaviour of common healthcare related objects in a 3 tesla (T) MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner, examining their ability to self-propel towards the scanner bore and their potential for tissue penetration.

Design

Prospective in situ experimental study.

Setting

Clinical 3 T MRI scanner. Customised rig designed and built to guide objects towards the scanner bore.

Participants

12 categories of objects commonly found in hospitals, or on patients or healthcare professionals, or near an MRI scanning room. Human tissue penetration simulated with ballistic gel (Federal Bureau of Investigation and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation graded).

Main outcome measures

SANTA (site where applied newtonian mechanics triggers accelerati

SUBMITTER: Ong SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10739172 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature