title: Compatible instrumentation for intraoperative MRI: expanding resources.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jolesz@bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Jolesz
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Koran
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hushek
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Fried
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melzer
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Seibel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jalahej
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D013525:Surgical Instruments