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Commentary|Videos|June 10, 2026
Should There Be Greater Oversight of MRI Safety?
Author(s)Jeff Hall
In recent interviews, Emanuel Kanal, MD, and Tobias Gilk, MRSO, MRSE, noted a lack of point-of-care safety requirements for MRI, a lack of state oversight, and a prevailing lack of minimum standards overall for MRI safety.
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Safety in the MRI suite often comes down to self-policing by individual facilities and imaging centers, noted Tobias Gilk, MRSO, MRSE, in a recent interview with Diagnostic Imaging. While he said there are some organizations that are doing brilliant work in this regard, Gilk explained that other facilities are doing the bare minimum given a lack of minimum standards for MRI safety and appropriate oversight.
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