Assessment of the safety of magnetic resonance imaging for patients with an active implantable medical device

2Scope / Description

This document is applicable to implantable parts of active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) intended to be used in patients who undergo a magnetic resonance scan in 1,5 T, cylindrical (circular or elliptical cross-section) bore, whole body MR scanners operating at approximately 64 MHz with whole body coil excitation. NOTE 1 Requirements for non-implantable parts are outside the scope of this document. NOTE 2 Modification of these tests for particular device types is left to particular product committees. NOTE 3 Safety requirements for MR scanners can be found in IEC 60601-2-33. The tests that are specified in this document are type tests that characterize interactions with the magnetic and electromagnetic fields associated with an MR scanner. The tests can be used to demonstrate device operation according to its MR Conditional labelling. The tests are not intended to be used for the routine testing of manufactured products. NOTE 4 Other interested parties, such as device manufacturers, regulatory agencies, and particular product committees, are responsible for setting specific compliance criteria and determining risk. NOTE 5 The scope is limited to AIMDs that do not use sensing functions or to AIMDs that are programmed not to use sensing functions to affect therapy delivery during an MR scan.