Guidelines for documentation and consent for nonclinical, nonresearch MRI in human subjects.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of human subjects is widely performed for clinical and research purposes. Clinical MRI requires a physician order, while research MRI typically requires an approved protocol from a local Institutional Review Board, as well as informed consent. However, there are several circumstances in which it is appropriate to perform MRI in human subjects, that constitute neither clinical nor research activities. Examples include clinical protocol development, training and teaching, and quality assurance testing. We refer to such activities as nonclinical, nonresearch MRI. The purpose of this document is to provide principles and guidelines for appropriate and safe use of MRI in human subjects for nonclinical, nonresearch purposes.



1 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2017;45:36-41.
Departments of Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Scott B
SB
Reeder
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Vera
V
Kimbrell
Department of Medical Imaging and Physiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Titti
T
Owman
Toshiba Medical Research Institute, Mayfield Village, Ohio, USA.
Michael
M
Steckner
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Fernando
F
Calamante
D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000592:standards*; D038622:Internationality; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards*
consent; magnetic resonance imaging; nonclinical; nonresearch; regulatory