RF Shield Coat for Mother to Be in the Magnet with Her Child.

Shin-ichi Urayama¹, Naozo Sugimoto², Hidenao Fukuyama¹

For pediatric imaging, accompanying scan, in which an accompanying person wearing an RF shield coat is in the magnet with the child, was examined. Although there are two problems, peripheral nerve stimulation and SNR reduction, this technique is proved to be a feasible solution to avoid risks in pediatric imaging.