U's Consortium on Law and Values Among Experts to Publish New Guidance for Using Portable MRI Technologies in Brain Research

Illustration of a patient entering an MRI machine on the bed. A nurse looks on, writing on a clipboard.

A new groundbreaking symposium of nine articles focused on the expanding deployment of highly portable MRI (pMRI) technology for brain research outside the hospital is the culmination of five years of research and provides needed ethical, legal, and societal implications (ELSI) guidelines necessary to ensure participant safety and community trust. Funded by the NIH BRAIN Initiative, “Emerging Portable Technology for Neuroimaging Research in New Field Settings: Legal & Ethical Challenges” appears in the Winter 2024 issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics and was guest edited by University of Minnesota Professors Francis Shen, JD, PhD, Susan M. Wolf, JD, and Frances Lawrenz, PhD.

Visit the Consortium's website and read the press release to learn more.