The effects of repeated brain MRI on chromosomal damage

Hérate, Cécile; Brochard, Patricia; de Vathaire, Florent; Ricoul, Michelle; Martins, Bernadette; Laurier, Laurence; Deverre, Jean-Robert; Thirion, Bertrand; Hertz‐Pannier, Lucie; Sabatier, Laure

doi:10.1186/s41747-022-00264-2

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The effects of repeated brain MRI on chromosomal damage

Published in European Radiology Experimental • Mar 3, 2022

Authors:

Cécile Hérate

Patricia Brochard

Florent de Vathaire

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently considered a safe imaging technique because, unlike computed tomography, MRI does not expose patients to ionising radiation. However, conflicting literature reports possible genotoxic effects of MRI. We herein examine the chromosomal effects ...

Subject

Dicentric chromosome

Magnetic resonance imaging

Medicine

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