iMRI

<body> <p> </p>  <p align="center"> </p> <h2 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#5A7B9C"> <img src="ImriText.gif" alt="Intraoperative MRI" align="center" WIDTH="253" HEIGHT="46"></font></h2> <p align="left"> </p> <h3 align="left">Introduction</h3> <p align="left">    This <a target="rbottom" href="poster/">poster</a>, presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Scandinavian Neurosurgical Society(1998), is a good briefing into intraoperative MRI. <br> </p> <h3 align="left">Environment</h3> <p align="left">    Take a <a target="rbottom" href="environment/">closer look</a> at our operating room and its equipment.<br> </p> <h3 align="left">Applications</h3> <p align="left">    What is iMRI good for? Here is a <a target="rbottom" href="Applications.html">table</a> summarizing the different operations we have performed so far.<br> </p> <h3 align="left">Special cases</h3> <p align="left">You have the possibility to study some interesting cases carried out in our iMRI operation room. </p> <ul> <li><a target="_top" href="case1/index.html">Case 1</a>, Additional benefit of combining iMRI and intraoperative ultrasonography.</li> <li><a href="case2/index.html" target="_top">Case 2</a><br> </li> </ul> <h3 align="left">MRI-links</h3> <dl> <dd><ul> <li><a href="http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/" target="blank">The Basics of MRI</a>, great site about MRI techniques authored by <strong>Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D. </strong></li> <li><a href="http://www.uhrad.com/research/1997cat/index.htm" target="blank">The Basic Physics of MR Imaging Relaxation and Contrast in Magnetic Resonance Imaging</a>, RSNA Categorical Course in Physics</li> <li><a HREF="http://128.227.164.224/mritutor/index.html" target="blank">Introduction to MRI</a> by <strong>Ray Ballinger</strong></li> <li><a href="http://brainmapping.loni.ucla.edu/BMD_HTML/SharedCode/slides/ImageQualitySlides/index.htm" target="blank">Image Quality</a>, author: <strong>Mark Cohen</strong>, UCLA Brain Mapping Division</li> <li><a HREF="http://kanal.arad.upmc.edu/mrsafety.html" target="blank">Magnetic Resonance safety</a> by <b>Emanuel Kanal, M.D., F.A.C.R., </b>University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Radiology  </li> <li><a href="http://www.ismrm.org/" target="blank">ISMRM</a>, <font color="#00003c" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine</span></font></li> <li><a href="http://www.rsna.org/" target="blank">RSNA</a>, Radiological Society of North America, Inc </li> <li><a href="http://www.mritutor.org/mriteach/" target="blank">Gainesville VAMC MRI Teaching File</a></li> <li><a HREF="http://128.227.164.224/mritutor/artifact.htm" target="blank">MRI Artifacts</a>, by <strong>J.Ray Ballinger</strong></li> <li><a href="http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/roosts/carl/artifacts.html" target="blank">MRI Artifact Gallery</a> by <strong>Dr. C.D. Gregory</strong></li> <li><a href="http://www.umn.edu/" target="blank">University of Minnesota</a>, <a href="http://www.med.umn.edu/radiology/cmrgt/cmrgt.htm" target="blank">Center for MR-guided therapy</a> </li> <li>University of Minnesota, <a href="http://www.cmrr.drad.umn.edu/" target="blank">Center for Magnetic Resonance Research</a> </li> <li><a HREF="http://splweb.bwh.harvard.edu:8000/pages/papers/intra/intra.html" target="blank">The Development and Implementation of Intraoperative MRI and its Neurosurgical Applications</a>, Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.</li> <li><a href="http://www.mirg.oulu.fi/" target="blank">Medical Imaging Research Group</a>, University Hospital  and University of Oulu</li> <li><a HREF="http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ode/primerf6.html" target="blank">A Primer on Medical Device Interactions with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.elekta.com/" target="blank">Elekta</a>, software and tools for the image guided surgery</li> <li><a href="http://www.medtronic.com" target="_top">Medtronic Inc.</a>, new owner of Elekta's Image Guided Surgery business</li> <li><a href="http://www.mri.jhu.edu/ismrm_mirror/mr_sites.html" target="blank">Selected Magnetic Resonance Sites on the World Wide Web</a>, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine </li> </ul> </dd> <dt><strong>Journals and articles</strong></dt> <dd><ul> <li><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/107/186.html" target="blank">The Brain</a>, Anatomy of the Human Body, Henry Gray, 1918</li> <li><a href="http://www.sciencekomm.at/journals/medicine/neuro.html" target="blank">Neuroscience and Neurology Journals</a>, internet directory and resource site SCIENCE.KOMM</li> <li><a href="http://www.sciencekomm.at/journals/medicine/radiol.html" target="blank">Radiology and Imaging Journals</a>, internet directory and resource site SCIENCE.KOMM</li> <li><a HREF="http://www.wwilkins.com/neurosurgery/tronnier5-97.html" target="blank">Intraoperative Diagnostic and Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery</a>, NEUROSURGERY Journal, May 1997, Vol. 40, No. 5</li> <li><a href="http://www.wwilkins.com/neurosurgery/full_text/0148-396X10-98p739.html" target="blank">Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging with the Magnetom Open Scanner: Concepts, Neurosurgical Indications, and Procedures: A Preliminary Report</a>, NEUROSURGERY Journal, October 1998, Vol.43, No.4</li> <li><a href="http://www.neurosurgery.org/focus/apr98/4-4-8.html" target="blank">Surgical treatment of low-grade gliomas in the intraoperative magnetic resonance imager</a>, NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS, April 1998, Vol.4,Article 8</li> </ul> </dd> <dt><strong>MRI scanner manufacturers</strong></dt> <dd><ul> <li><a href="http://www.brainlab.com/" target="blank">Brainlab</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bruker.de/medical/mri.htm" target="blank">Bruker</a></li> <li>Elscint, sold substantially all of its assets to Marconi Medical Systems and General Electric Medical in November 1998 </li> <li><a href="http://www.fonar.com/" target="blank">Fonar</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gemedicalsystems.com/rad/mri/index.html" target="blank">GE</a>, General Electric Medical</li> <li><a href="http://www.hitachimed.com/" target="blank">Hitachi</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.marconimed.com/mr/" target="blank">Marconi Medical Systems</a>, formerly <u>Picker Internationa</u>l, medical imaging systems</li> <li><a href="http://www.marconimed.fi/" target="blank">Marconi Medical Systems Finland</a>, formerly known as <u>Picker-Nordstar</u></li> <li><a href="http://www.odinmed.com/" target="blank">Odin Medical Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.medical.philips.com/PageDisplay.asp?pid=4034" target="blank">Philips</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.med.siemens.com/med/e/gg/mr/mr.html" target="blank">Siemens</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.toshiba.com/tams/newtams/mr/mrset.html" target="blank">Toshiba</a></li> </ul> </dd> <dt><strong>MRI compatible equipments</strong></dt> <dd><ul> <li><a href="http://www.gemedicalsystems.com/rad/mri/products/spi/vendors2.html" target="blank">MRI compatible equipment's and equipment vendors</a> (GE Medical System's link page)</li> <li><a href="http://www.datex-ohmeda.com" target="blank">Datex-Ohmeda</a> , our monitor supplier</li> <li><a href="http://www.mizuho.com/index.html" target="blank">Mizuho</a>, MRI-safe clips etc.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ndigital.com/polaris.html" target="blank">Polaris</a>, optical tracking system</li> </ul> </dd> </dl> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p align="right"><a HREF="mailto:webmaster@nks.oulu.fi" target="blank"><img align="abscenter" SRC="../../images/WebMaster.gif" border="0" alt="Webmaster" WIDTH="122" HEIGHT="24"></a><br> <small>Last Updated 15 March 2001 </small></p>  </body>