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American Journal of Neuroradiology
DOI 10.3174/ajnr.A1134

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Intraoperative 3T MR Imaging for Spinal Cord Tumor Resection: Feasibility, Timing, and Image Quality Using a "Twin" MR–Operating Room Suite

T.P. Duprez, A. Jankovski, C. Grandin, L. Hermoye, G. Cosnard and C. Raftopoulos

From the Departments of Radiology and Medical Imaging (T.P.D., C.G., G.C.) and Neurosurgery (A.J., C.R.) and Laboratory of Image Processing (L.H.), Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

Please address correspondence to Thierry P. Duprez, Radiology and Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Ave Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; e-mail: Thierry.Duprez{at}uclouvain.be

SUMMARY: We assessed feasibility, safety, and timing of an original intraoperative MR procedure in 3 cases of resection of spinal cord glioma by using a clinical 3T MR system connected to an adjacent operating room in a design being coined "twin" or "dual" MR–operating room suite.






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