Ian C. Atkinson1, Rachel Sonstegaard1,
Lilian Bityou2, Neil H. Pliskin2, Keith R. Thulborn1
1Center for MR Research, University of
Illinois- Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States; 2Psychiatry,
University of Illinois- Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Current
FDA guidelines classify MR devices operating at 8 Tesla or lower as
insignificant risk. Vital sign and
cognitive performance data supporting the safety of performing non-proton MR
imaging of the human brain at 9.4 Tesla are presented. These data add to the growing body of
results that suggest ultra-high field MR imaging can be safely performed up
to 9.4 Tesla.