Modification of an anesthesia machine for MRI suite.
The modification of a wall mounted anesthesia machine, rendering it nonmagnetic for use in the magnetic resonance imaging suite, is described. The modified anesthesia machine functioned properly at 1.8 m distance from 1.5 tesla electromagnet without degrading its imaging.
Sibai
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Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.
Muallem
M
M
Zein
J
J
D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*