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Portable Accessible MRI in Dementia Research: Ethical Considerations About Research Representation and Dementia-Friendly Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2025

Eran Klein
Affiliation:
OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR, USA
S. Duke Han
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
Paul Tuite
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA
W. Taylor Kimberly
Affiliation:
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, BOSTON, MA, USA HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA, USA
Mohit Agarwal
Affiliation:
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA
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Abstract

The introduction of portable MRI (pMRI) has the potential to directly impact dementia research and ultimately clinical care. In this paper, we explore two ethical challenges facing the introduction of pMRI in dementia research. The first is the need to ensure that pMRI enhances rather than undermines efforts aimed at improving ethnoracial representation in dementia research. The second is the need to implement pMRI in dementia research in a dementia-friendly way that attends to the social context and lived experience of people with dementia.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics