Participant and Visitor Screening Forms

All visitors and research participants are required to complete a screening form. Participants will receive a link to a secure electronic MRI Screening Form a day before their MRI study. We recommend you preview the MRI Screening Form prior to your visit. Visitors to the CCBBI will need to complete the Visitor Screening Form.

MRI Safety for Participants

MRI is safe technology and we have criteria in place to ensure participant safety. The MRI relies on a strong magnetic field, which is always on, even when the scanner is not in active use. Therefore it is important that participants fill out the MRI Screening Form and comply with any exclusion criteria.

This page contains information that we would like you to be aware of before you come to CCBBI to participate in an MRI study. We recommend reviewing the MRI screening form prior to your scan date and if you have any questions about participating in the study, please do not hesitate to directly contact the researcher responsible for the study in which you are participating.

What to Expect

Before arriving at the CCBBI or at least before entering the MRI scan room you will be asked to:

• Remove all metal from your body including:
  • Jewelry, hair clips, bobby pins, removable dentures etc.
  • Any clothing with metal/metal fibers (belt, chains, underwire bras)
• You will be asked to remove glasses if you are wearing any
• You will be asked to remove your shoes, you may want to wear socks for comfort

The CCBBI will provide:

• A locker to store any items you bring with you that cannot stay on your person during the scanning session
• Scrubs if you need to change out of clothing with metal/metal fibers
• MRI-safe glasses, which we will match to your prescription, it would be helpful if you know your glasses prescription
• Ear protection in the form of ear plugs and/or headphones must be worn as the scanner gets loud 

Special Cases:

• Dental work: does not usually pose problems, but if you currently are undergoing extensive orthodontic treatment, you should verify with your orthodontist that you are safe to be in the MRI environment.

• Tattoos: some (mostly older) tattoos can tingle or burn with exposure to a strong magnetic field (if there is iron in the ink). We will not allow scanning if you have several such tattoos.

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PLEASE NOTE

Although our research scans are not meant to be medically diagnostic, the first time that you participate in an MRI study, you will be asked to give permission for the brain images to be sent to an affiliated neuroradiologist for review. In the rare case of a detected abnormality, you and your designated physician will be notified. If you participate in future experiments, additional medically diagnostic images will be obtained at yearly intervals.