Published March 25, 2013
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Journal article
Incidental discovery of circle contact lens by MRI: you can't scan my poker face, circle contact lens as a potential MRI hazard
- 1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Gunma University Hospital, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511 (Japan)
Description
Circle contact lenses, also known as color contact lenses and big eye contact lenses, are a type of cosmetic contact lens. It is not generally known that a circle contact lens usually contains iron oxide and other metals, which means their use during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potential hazard. We present a rare case of incidental discovery of circle contact lenses by MRI and MRI images of circle lenses in vitro. Circle contact lenses usually contain iron oxide, which is a known source of susceptibility artifact on MRI. Not only radiologists and radiographers but also referring physicians should be familiar with the imaging findings and potential risk of scanning circle contact lenses by MRI
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-13-11; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616822Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- BMC medical imaging (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 13
- Journal Page Range
- p. 11
- ISSN
- 1471-2342
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46092490
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- COLOR; COLOR MODEL; FACE; HAZARDS; IMAGES; IN VITRO; IRON OXIDES; METALS; NMR IMAGING
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; CHALCOGENIDES; COMPOSITE MODELS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTS; HEAD; IRON COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUARK MODEL; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2013 Tokue et al.
- Notes
- PMCID: PMC3616822; PUBLISHER-ID: 1471-2342-13-11; PMID: 23530981; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3616822; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.