Safety of tattoos in persons undergoing MRI

Callaghan, Martina F.; Negus, Clive; Leff, Alexander P.; Creasey, Megan; Burns, Sheila; Glensman, Janice; Bradbury, David; Williams, Elaine; Weiskopf, Nikolaus

doi:10.1056/NEJMc1811197

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Safety of tattoos in persons undergoing MRI

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Weiskopf, Nikolaus
Department Neurophysics (Weiskopf), MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Callaghan, M. F., Negus, C., Leff, A. P., Creasey, M., Burns, S., Glensman, J., et al. (2019). Safety of tattoos in persons undergoing MRI. The New England Journal of Medicine: NEJM, 380, 495-496. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1811197.

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Abstract

In 330 persons who had one to seven tattoos, only one mild tattoo-related adverse reaction was detected during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These results suggest a low risk among persons with tattoos when MRI is performed under these specific study conditions.