IEC 60601-2-33:2010 establishes particular basic safety and essential performance requirements for magnetic resonance equipment to provide protection for the patient and the magnetic resonance worker. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2002, its Amendment 1 (2005) and Amendment 2 (2007) and constitutes a technical revision. This third edition of IEC 60601-2-33 is based on the second amendment to Edition 2. It has also been adapted to the third edition of IEC 60601-1 (2005), with technical modifications being introduced where appropriate. The contents of the corrigenda of March 2012 and February 2016 have been included in this copy.