Compatible instrumentation for intraoperative MRI: expanding resources.
Steadfast progress has been made from biopsy to surgery with interventional MRI (iMRI). Such image-guided interventions require specialized instrumentation due to the unusual elements of the MR environment. Suppliers/manufacturers of MR-compatible instrumentation were few in 1994, but now there are more than 50. We present fundamental issues of MR compatibility and a list of known suppliers/manufacturers.
Jolesz
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FA
Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jolesz@bwh.harvard.edu
Morrison
P R
PR
Koran
S J
SJ
Kelley
R J
RJ
Hushek
S G
SG
Newman
R W
RW
Fried
M P
MP
Melzer
A
A
Seibel
R M
RM
Jalahej
H
H
D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D013525:Surgical Instruments