title: Fully functional MR-compatible flexible operating table resolves the neurosurgeon's dilemma over use of intraoperative MRI.
abstract: In February 2006, our hospital officially opened the Magnetic Resonance / X-ray / operation (MRXO) suite, which is the first hybrid neurosurgical procedure suite to combine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography and angiography with a neurosurgical operating room. For this suite, we have developed a specially designed fully functional magnetic resonance (MR)-compatible flexible operating table. Here, we describe the details of this operating table and discuss its advantages. Its MR-compatible tabletop can be bent during surgery. The specially designed MR-compatible flexible operating table for the MRXO suite reduces limitations on neurosurgeons during standard neurosurgical procedures. Also, it does not give rise to imaging artifacts on MRI. The specially designed MR-compatible flexible operating table resolves the neurosurgeon's dilemma over use of intraoperative MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumae
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Tanefumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizokami
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atsumi
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsugu
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiramizu
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimoda
mesh_terms: D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D004867:Equipment Design; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013523:Surgical Equipment