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Discovery and informing research participants of incidental findings detected in brain magnetic resonance imaging studies: Review and multi-institutional study.

Kyoko TakashimaYoshiyuki TakimotoEisuke NakazawaYoshinori HayashiAtsushi TsuchiyaMisao FujitaAkira Akabayashi
Published in: Brain and behavior (2017)
Our results suggest that in order to ensure informing the participants of high urgency IFs, physicians who are capable of interpreting brain images clinically should review all brain images, and the establishment of a support system is required for brain imaging studies at nonmedical institutions. Since the method of informing participants of IFs might affect their understanding and acceptance of IFs, which are related to managing risks of false "clean bill of health" or psychological impacts of informing IFs, further research focusing on communication of IFs is needed.
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