European campaign seeks to confront threat to MRI

(DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING) -- Recently, thousands of European radiologists have received an e-mail with this rather alarmist heading: “EU directive still threatens MRI.” Another e-mail doing the rounds has an equally sensational title: “No more MRI in Europe?”

The first point to note is that this is not spam. The bureaucrats in Europe have got themselves into a ludicrous and needless muddle during the past few years, and there is no sign of the issue being resolved in the near future. There are genuine concerns that the daily use of MRI may be restricted because of regulations designed to protect people.

So how did this situation arise?

See full article and related articles at DiagnosticImaging.com
This article was republished with permission from CMPMedica, LLC