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ReviewMedical & biological engineering & computing2022

Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields in magnetic resonance environment: an update on regulation, exposure assessment techniques, health risk evaluation, and surveillance.

Valentina Hartwig, Giorgio Virgili, F Ederica Mattei, Cristiano Biagini, Stefania Romeo, Olga Zeni, Maria Rosaria Scarfì, Rita Massa, Francesco Campanella, Luigi Landini and 3 more

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Review in Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Proposed Safety Guidelines for Patient Assistants in an Open MRI Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Valentina HartwigInstitute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, San Cataldo, Italy. valeh@ifc.cnr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-5368
Giorgio VirgiliVirgili Giorgio, Via G. Pastore 2, 26040, Crespina-Lorenzana, Italy.
F Ederica MatteiWest Systems S.R.L, Via Don Mazzolari 25, 56025, Pontedera, PI, Italy.
Cristiano BiaginiAssociazione Italiana Tecnici Dell'Imaging in Risonanza Magnetica, AITIRM, Via XX Settembre 76, 50129, Florence, Italy.
Stefania RomeoInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) , Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Naples, Italy.
Olga ZeniInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) , Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Naples, Italy.
Maria Rosaria ScarfìInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) , Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Naples, Italy.
Rita MassaInstitute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) , Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Naples, Italy.
Francesco CampanellaDipartimento di medicina, epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro E Ambientale, Inail, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy.
Luigi LandiniFondazione Toscana "G. Monasterio", Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, San Cataldo, Italy.
Fabriziomaria GobbaDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy.
Alberto ModeneseDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy.
Giulio GiovannettiInstitute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, San Cataldo, Italy.
Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente · ITIstituto di Fisiologia Clinica · ITUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia · ITEstech Systems (United States) · USFederico II University Hospital · ITFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · ITIstituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most-used diagnostic imaging methods worldwide. There are ∼50,000 MRI scanners worldwide each of which involves a minimum of five workers from different disciplines who spend their working days around MRI scanners. This review analyzes the state of the art of literature about the several aspects of the occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) in MRI: regulations, literature studies on biological effects, and health surveillance are addressed here in detail, along with a summary of the main approaches for exposure assessment. The original research papers published from 2013 to 2021 in international peer-reviewed journals, in the English language, are analyzed, together with documents published by legislative bodies. The key points for each topic are identified and described together with useful tips for precise safeguarding of MRI operators, in terms of exposure assessment, studies on biological effects, and health surveillance.

Indexed as

Electromagnetic FieldsOccupational ExposureHumansMagnetic FieldsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyRisk AssessmentElectromagnetic fieldsExposure assessmentHealth surveillanceMagnetic resonanceMRIOccupational exposureRegulations and guidelines

Identifiers

PMID34586563
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Registered trials

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