Contribution for the functionality and the safety in magnetic resonance: an approach for the imaging quality

Magnetic resonance equipment (MRI) is defined as a programmable electrical medical system and magnetic resonance system (MRI system) as the group formed by the MRI, accessories and the controlled access area. The insert of growing technology in diagnosis procedures for image originates situations that need to be approach under the technician-managerial point of view, characterizing a problem of medical technology management. For this kind of problem of medical technology management of the MRI systems, a methodology that allows identify qualitatively the conditions of the functionality and the safety in a healthcare organization was developed. The systematization of the technical knowledge that allows the control the minimal characteristics of this technology is necessary, what is one of the fundamental activities of the clinical engineering. There is shown the experience of the Biomedical Engineering Institute (IEB) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in medical technology management for the MRI systems, through a methodology that identifies qualitatively the conditions for the functionality and for safety of the services that use this technology, with focus in the imaging quality which was applied, as case study, in a healthcare organization located in the city of Florianopolis.