University of Calgary
Intra-operative Imaging
| The intra-operative imaging system was developed in the 1990s in collaboration with the National Research Council (Winnipeg, MB) and Magnex Scietific UK (Oxford, UK). The inovative system consists of ceiling-mounted moveable MR scanner. Less thant 30 s is required to move from the scanner to the operating table. The specially desinged operating table itself is contructed from titanium, hydraulically mounted and completely compatible with the high magnetic field. Initially the system consisted of a suspended 1.5 T scanner. In 2009, this was replaced by a wide-bore (70 cm) 3 T scanner. The intra-operative program has perfomed over a 1,000 neurosurgical cases since 1998. Scanning is perfomred before, during and post surgery. Quality-assurance scans acquired during surgery help ensure that all the tumour has been removed. |
Members of the Intra-operative team. |
Investigators:
Key Publications:
Kaibara T, Saunders JK, Sutherland GR. Advances in mobile intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurgery. 2000; 47: 131-7.
Hoult DI, Saunders JK, Sutherland GR, Sharp J, Gervin M, Kolansky HG, Kripiakevich DL, Procca A, Sebastian RA, Dombay A, Rayner DL, Roberts FA, T J Magn Reson Imaging 2001; 13: 78-86.