Portable Rapid Imaging for Medical Emergencies

Description

This study will compare the time it takes to scan a patient in the emergency department with a portable MRI when compared to a conventional MRI. Participants will be randomized to receive a portable MRI plus standard of care (SOC) vs SOC. Investigators will look at time to beginning of scan for both.

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction, Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Study overview

This study will compare the time it takes to scan a patient in the emergency department with a portable MRI when compared to a conventional MRI. Participants will be randomized to receive a portable MRI plus standard of care (SOC) vs SOC. Investigators will look at time to beginning of scan for both.

Portable Rapid Imaging for Medical Emergencies

Portable Rapid Imaging for Medical Emergencies

Condition
Patient Satisfaction
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New Haven

Yale New Haven Health Emergency Department, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Male or female ≥ 18 years of age at presentation to Yale New Haven Hospital Adult ED
  • * Order to receive conventional brain MRI imaging originating in the YNHH Adult ED
  • * Lack of assent from treating physician for inclusion in this protocol.
  • * Contraindications to 1.5T MRI evaluation, including:
  • 1. Cardiac Pacemaker or defibrillator
  • 2. Aneurysm clip
  • 3. Implants or devices attached to the body in the chest or above, such as:
  • 1. Nerve stimulator
  • 2. Deep brain stimulator
  • 3. Programmable shunt
  • 4. Stent
  • 5. Pain pump
  • 6. Artificial extremity
  • 4. Implants in the ears (hearing aid or cochlear implant
  • 5. Any shrapnel, pellets, bullets, metallic fragments, or other metallic foreign body above the chest
  • 6. Metallic joints, rods, screws, or other orthopedic implants in or above the chest
  • 7. Braces, dentures, removable teeth, or dental expanders that cannot be removed.
  • 8. Body piercings in or above the chest that cannot be removed.
  • 9. MRI-incompatible Tracheostomy tube or Swan Ganz catheter in place
  • 10. History of uncontrolled seizures

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

Adam de Havenon, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University

Study Record Dates

2026-04