RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06930534

Portable Rapid Imaging for Medical Emergencies

Sponsor

Yale University

Enrollment

300 participants

Start Date

Apr 21, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria2

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

Exclusion Criteria18

Lack of assent from treating physician for inclusion in this protocol.
Contraindications to 1.5T MRI evaluation, including:
Cardiac Pacemaker or defibrillator
Aneurysm clip
Implants or devices attached to the body in the chest or above, such as:
Nerve stimulator
Deep brain stimulator
Programmable shunt
Stent
Pain pump
Artificial extremity
Implants in the ears (hearing aid or cochlear implant
Any shrapnel, pellets, bullets, metallic fragments, or other metallic foreign body above the chest
Metallic joints, rods, screws, or other orthopedic implants in or above the chest
Braces, dentures, removable teeth, or dental expanders that cannot be removed.
Body piercings in or above the chest that cannot be removed.
MRI-incompatible Tracheostomy tube or Swan Ganz catheter in place
Status Epilepticus or anyone previously seizing deemed by the physician not to be suitable for pMRI