Conditional 1 - An MRI Safety Podcast

Hello and welcome to Conditional 1. My name is James Whittaker and I am an MRI Technologist from New Zealand with an interest in MRI Safety.
This episode returns our focus to radiofrequency heating and how we can quantify it using B1+RMS. 
What is B1+? What does RMS mean? How can we reduce it if we need to?
Please be aware that this episode does contain potentially disturbing discussion of the recent death of Keith McAllister in New York State.
Conditional 1 is now available on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts as well as numerous other podcast platforms.

Music: Purple Planet Music
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Hello and welcome to Conditional 1. My name is James Whittaker and I am an MRI Technologist from New Zealand with an interest in MRI Safety.
Keith McAllister of Long Island, New York died on the 17th July 2025 following an incident involving an MRI scanner and a heavy ferrous chain.
This episode will focus on this horrifying event, what we know so far, and the potential for systemic change.
Conditional 1 is now available on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts as well as numerous other podcast platforms.

Music: Purple Planet Music
Support the show

Hello and welcome to Conditional 1. My name is James Whittaker and I am an MRI Technologist from New Zealand with an interest in MRI Safety.

It's been two years since I last released an episode of Conditional 1 so welcome to what I’m optimistically calling Season 2 of ‘Conditional 1’.

This episode will focus on the time-varying radiofrequency magnetic fields (B1)  and it's interactions with the human body.
What is SAR? How high can it go? What affects how hot a patient gets when they have MRI? This episode answers these questions, and more.

Join me on Conditional 1, available on Spotify, iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Music: Purple Planet Music

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Hello and welcome to Conditional 1. My name is James Whittaker and I am an MRI Technologist from New Zealand with an interest in MRI Safety.

With MRI Safety Week upon us once again, this episode I'm going to tell the stories of those whose loss should motivate us to do better, and talk about the lessons that should be learned from past mistakes.

Join me on Conditional 1, available on Spotify, iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Music: Purple Planet Music
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Hello and welcome to Conditional 1. My name is James Whittaker and I am an MRI Technologist from New Zealand with an interest in MRI Safety.

This episode I’m going to be carrying on from Episode 5 - Lost in Translation and talking about torque and it's relationship with the static magnetic field (B0).

Not only that, I'm going to discuss Lenz force and also bioeffects arising from exposure to the static magnetic field such as vertigo and the magneto-hydromagnetic effect.

Join me on Conditional 1, available on Spotify, iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Music: Purple Planet Music
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