Deploying Portable & Accessible MRI in New Communities: Strategies for
Anticipating & Addressing Ethical & Legal Challenges
Member-Initiated Session
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
313B
15:45 - 17:45
Moderators: Francis
Shen
Session Number: MIS-04
No CME/CE Credit
Overview:
Innovations in portable and accessible MRI, including ultra low-field
(ULF) and autonomous MRI (aMRI), are taking MRI into communities and
countries that have historically been underserved and underrepresented.
But these breakthroughs raise ethical, legal, and societal issues (ELSI)
including safety, image interpretation, and management of incidental
findings. This interactive symposium will provide ISMRM members with an
opportunity to learn new strategies to address ELSI challenges, based on
on-going work to expand MRI access in Africa and a 4-year NIH BRAIN (NIH
RF1MH123698) project, which has recently developed a toolkit with 15
ELSI recommendations.
This symposium on ELSI challenges is a natural complement to the many
ISMRM 2025 presentations that will explore innovative MRI systems to
reduce cost, scan outside the hospital, and expand MRI access.
Anticipating ELSI issues, from the conceptual and design stages through
deployment, and developing more robust community engagement strategies,
will ultimately accelerate the ethical use of portable and accessible
MRI.
Target Audience:
This symposium is designed to engage those who are both developing and
deploying portable MRI for use outside the hospital / lab setting.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
• Identify key ethical, legal, and societal implications associated with
their development and use of portable and accessible MRI;
• Describe various strategies for improving community engagement around
portable and accessible MRI development;
• Develop better strategies to address ELSI issues such as ensuring
research oversight, planning for incidental findings, and protecting
data privacy; and
• Discuss resources available to MRI developers for developing plans to
proactively identify and address ethical concerns.
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15:45 |
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Accessible MRI for the World: Ensuring Security & Safety
J. Thomas Vaughan Jr.
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16:05 |
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Machine Learning & Low-Field MRI: Unlocking A New Class of
Portable Scanners
Matthew Rosen
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16:30 |
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Addressing Research Ethics Challenges in Advancing Sustainable
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Access in Africa
Mubaraq Yakuba
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16:50 |
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How to Navigate Ethical, Legal & Societal Challenges in
Deploying Portable MRI Technology
Francis Shen
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17:05 |
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