1. •• IEC 60601-2-33:2010. Medical electrical equipment—part 2-33: particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of magnetic resonance equipment for medical diagnosis. Geneva: International Electrotechnical Commission IEC; 2010. This standard is the international standard for the basic safety and essential performance of magnetic resonance equipment and is therefore the standard the MR manufacturer is following, also creating the instruction for use of an MR system and its environment. From this document the essence is provided to the final establishment of the MR system and its safe use.
2. •• Expert Panel on MR Safety; Kanal E, Barkovich AJ, Bell C, et al. ACR guidance document on MR safe practices: 2013. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013;37:501–30. This national guideline was many years the leading source for MR safe practices when establishing the needs of the safe MR environment into practice and also organizing in detail the MR environment. Today this document is followed by support for the American Board of MR Safety in the USA also suggesting education of MR personnel.
3. US Department of Veterans Affairs. MRI design guide: April 2008. Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs; 2008.
4. • MRI Working Group. Using MRI safely—practical rules for employees. Rotterdam: Radiological Society of the Netherlands; 2008. Further national guidelines and two first official norms (Austria and Germany) for the operation of the MR site and the education of MR personnel.
5. • Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory. Safety guidelines for magnetic resonance imaging equipment in clinical use—4th Edition—2014, Final Draft; 2014. Further national guidelines and two first official norms (Austria and Germany) for the operation of the MR site and the education of MR personnel.