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When 'Safe' Isn't Safe Enough:
A Life Saving Vocabulary Lesson

We’re all guilty. All of us professionals, vendors and consultants who push for enhanced MRI safety. Despite our best intentions, by venerating the term “Safety,” we have trampled the FDA’s ill-fated effort at establishing an industry-wide vocabulary. While safety is the goal for all MRI facilities, the FDA wants us to know that there’s something more safe than safe...

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