title: Modification of an anesthesia machine for MRI suite.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Sibai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muallem
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zein
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*