Monday, June 11, 2007

Scientists warn new EU rules threaten MRI scans

(Reuters) - "The values described in the directive would be exceeded in
every use of MRI," Gabriel Krestin, professor and chairman of
the Department of Radiology at Erasmus University in the
Netherlands, said in a statement.




"We would have to use other forms of scanning, such as
X-rays, which are known to be harmful. Research would also be
severely curtailed, since it is often conducted with much
stronger magnetic fields than those used in clinical practice."


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