Fully functional MR-compatible flexible operating table resolves the neurosurgeon's dilemma over use of intraoperative MRI

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-60

  Matsumae, Mitsunori ^a   Fukuyama, Haruo ^a   Osada, Takahiro ^a   Baba, Tanefumi ^a   Mizokami, Yoshihito ^a   Atsumi, Hideki ^a   Ishizaka, Hideo ^a   Tsugu, Atsushi ^a   Tominaga, Jiro ^a   Shiramizu, Hideki ^a   Shimoda, Masami ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image guided therapy; Interventional procedure; Intraoperative MRI; Operation table

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 57149116175     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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