isrrt Newsletter Volume 46. No.1 - 2010
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or any variation thereof. In other words, the scanner itself<br />
never sits unused. In today’s world where budgets are<br />
limited, this makes sense. IMRIS will sell their product<br />
because the remarkable ceiling mounted scanner is truly<br />
multipurpose. Millions of dollars spent will be offset by<br />
the diagnostic capabilities and productivity that can be<br />
achieved with the system - not to mention attracting world<br />
class surgeons to smaller sites.<br />
being employed intraoperatively it can be used to complete<br />
routine examinations on an out patient basis. This particular<br />
room design is extremely cost efficient as the magnet is<br />
utilised routinely and does not sit idle within a magnet bay<br />
when it is not required intraoperatively.<br />
India’s first 3-room intraoperative & diagnostic<br />
suite (www.kokilabenhospital.in/professionals/<br />
videosandbriefings.html)<br />
Key Advantages<br />
(www.kokilabenhospital.in/contact/imris.html)<br />
1.5 Tesla IMRISneuro suite at PLA 301 Hospital in<br />
Beijing, China in operation since 2008 Summer Olympics<br />
(www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neurosurgeonsfrom-around-the-world-gather-at-pla-301-hospital-inchina-61779112.html)<br />
In 2010, Fudan University’s Huashan Hospital in Shanghai,<br />
China will be installing IMRISneuro for its expanding<br />
neurosurgical department. Huashan Hospital will be the<br />
first in Asia to take delivery of the new 3 Tesla version of<br />
IMRISneuro (Jeanne Elliott, IMRISneuro 70 cm Bore 3T in<br />
Intra-operative Neurosurgery. Magnetom Flash 2009;3:74-<br />
79): a fully integrated operating room that provides highquality<br />
MR images during a procedure without moving<br />
the patient. The project includes IMRISmatrix – a fully<br />
integrated surgical information management system. (www.<br />
imris.com/pdf/Huashan_Hospital2009-04-15.pdf)<br />
• Improved patient safety via real-time accurate depiction<br />
of changes in patient’s brain position and anatomy<br />
during surgery<br />
• Easy distinction between healthy and diseased tissue<br />
during surgery<br />
• Immediate in-theatre determination of surgery success<br />
• Accurate measurement of brain shift<br />
• 30% higher resolution than other MRI technology<br />
Angiography suite<br />
Like the inter-operative neurosurgery unit, the cardiology<br />
suite will streamline work flow for the benefit of the<br />
patient. Within the suite exists both a radiographic c-arm<br />
and the suspended MRI magnet once it is moved into the<br />
angiography suite. Interventional radiologists/cardiologists<br />
can now have the ability to perform interventional procedures<br />
and assess their patient outcome within the same sitting.<br />
(Mauricio Ede, John Saunders. Development of IMRIS<br />
More Specifics on Suite Set-Up<br />
IMRIS offers a number of room configurations for the<br />
intraoperative magnet system; ranging from two and three<br />
room configurations. Two room configurations include a<br />
magnet bay located between an intraoperative suite and a<br />
diagnostic room or between two separate operating rooms.<br />
However, the most cost efficient room configuration offered<br />
by IMRIS consists of a three room configuration including a<br />
routine diagnostic room located between two intraoperative<br />
suites. This design allows for the magnet itself to move<br />
from one operating suite to a diagnostic room and then<br />
into a second intraoperative suite; when the magnetic is not<br />
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