Conducting Research with Highly Portable MRI in Community Settings: A Practical Guide to Navigating Ethical Issues and ELSI Checklist

Francis X. Shen; Susan M. Wolf; Frances Lawrenz; Donnella S. Comeau; Barbara J. Evans; Damien Fair; Martha J. Farah; Michael Garwood; S. Duke Han; Judy Illes; Jonathan D. Jackson; Eran Klein; Matthew S. Rosen; Efraín Torres; Paul Tuite; J. Thomas Vaughan

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Conducting Research with Highly Portable MRI in Community Settings: A Practical Guide to Navigating Ethical Issues and ELSI Checklist

Francis X. Shen, Susan M. Wolf, Frances Lawrenz, Donnella S. Comeau, Barbara J. Evans, Damien Fair, Martha J. Farah, Michael Garwood, S. Duke Han, Judy Illes, Jonathan D. Jackson, Eran Klein, Matthew S. Rosen, Efraín Torres, Paul Tuite, J. Thomas Vaughan

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Highly portable and accessible MRI technology will allow researchers to conduct field-based MRI research in community settings. Previous guidance for researchers working with fixed MRI does not address the novel ethical, legal, and societal issues (ELSI) of portable MRI (pMRI). Our interdisciplinary Working Group (WG) previously identified 15 core ELSI challenges associated with pMRI research and recommended solutions. In this article, we distill those detailed recommendations into a Portable MRI Research ELSI Checklist that offers practical operational guidance for researchers contemplating using this technology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	769-785
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Volume	52
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.162
State	Published - 2024

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Checklist
Community Engagement
ELSI
Neuroimaging
Portable MRI
Research Ethics

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Shen, F. X., Wolf, S. M., Lawrenz, F., Comeau, D. S., Evans, B. J., Fair, D., Farah, M. J., Garwood, M., Duke Han, S., Illes, J., Jackson, J. D., Klein, E., Rosen, M. S., Torres, E., Tuite, P., & Thomas Vaughan, J. (2024). Conducting Research with Highly Portable MRI in Community Settings: A Practical Guide to Navigating Ethical Issues and ELSI Checklist. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 52(4), 769-785. https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.162

Shen, FX, Wolf, SM, Lawrenz, F, Comeau, DS, Evans, BJ, Fair, D, Farah, MJ, Garwood, M, Duke Han, S, Illes, J, Jackson, JD, Klein, E, Rosen, MS, Torres, E, Tuite, P & Thomas Vaughan, J 2024, 'Conducting Research with Highly Portable MRI in Community Settings: A Practical Guide to Navigating Ethical Issues and ELSI Checklist', Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 769-785. https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.162

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