Comeau Donnella S, Silverman Benjamin C, Avanaki Mahsa Alborzi, Wolf Susan M
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA, USA.
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, BOSTON, MA, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2024;52(4):840-850. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.156. Epub 2025 Jan 31.
The emergence of innovative neuroimaging technologies, particularly highly portable magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI), has the potential to spawn a transformative era in neuroscience research. Resourced academic institutional review boards (IRBs) with experience overseeing traditional MRI have a special role to play in ethical governance of pMRI research and should facilitate the collaborative development of nuanced and culturally sensitive guidelines and educational resources for pMRI protocols. This paper explores the ethical challenges of pMRI in neuroscience research and the dynamic leadership role that IRBs should play to promote ethical oversight of emerging pMRI research.
创新神经成像技术的出现，尤其是高度便携的磁共振成像（pMRI），有可能催生神经科学研究的变革时代。有资源且具备监督传统MRI经验的学术机构审查委员会（IRB）在pMRI研究的伦理治理中可发挥特殊作用，应促进针对pMRI方案制定细致入微且具有文化敏感性的指南和教育资源的合作开发。本文探讨了神经科学研究中pMRI的伦理挑战，以及IRB为促进对新兴pMRI研究的伦理监督应发挥的动态领导作用。
