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HEAPHY 1 & 2
PLENARY
Murray ARMSTRONG
Sat 31st Aug 2013
Session 2 / Talk 5
11:40 – 12:00
Next MRI USER GROUP (MRUG) will be in March 2014 in Auckland
Theme ‘CHEST’
This will include a workshop on MR Compatible Pacemakers
Medtronic EnRhythm MRISureScan pacing system
“A Waikato woman has become the first person in New Zealand to be fitted with a pacemaker
developed for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.”
Akuhata, K
SINCE THEN
BIOTRONIC
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
MEDTRONIC
ST JUDES
PRO MRI
INGENIO & ADVANTIO
ADVISA, REVO & SURESCAN
ACCENT
INFORMATION REQUIRED
Pre and Post scan checklists by the supplying companies
Covering the Cardiology and Radiology Departments
SCANNER INFORMATION
Maximum of 1.5T
Parameters – ‘Normal’ SAR rate, Slew rates, Spatial gradients, etc
Protocols – Bandwidths, NEX, TR, etc
UPSHOT
Each department ‘doing it’s own thing’
There is standardization within Hamilton as we are dealing with the same cardiology staff
However their MRI knowledge is ‘zero’
PROPOSE
MRI Compatible Pacemaker and ICD
Workshop at the next MRUG
Involving Pacemaker ICD suppliers and MRI manufacturers – if possible
Gaenor Bell at Biotronic has been very helpful
AN IDEA FOR YOUR SCANNER
GE provided the CT scanner to
New York-Presbyterian Morgan
Stanley Children's Hospital
“NZ's Got Talent” contestant
TV quest draws the gifted and colourful
"Wow, look at your long nails, your bracelets" says executive producer Bettina Hollings
“NZ's Got Talent” contestant
TV quest draws the gifted and colourful
"Wow, look at your long nails, your bracelets" says executive producer Bettina Hollings
"I never take them off“replies the singer
Thompson , W
Akuhata, Karla. (May 20, 2009). First for NZ as pacemaker enables safe scans. Waikato Times p. A8. Hamilton, NZ
Bowker, G (10-Jun-2013). TV quest draws the gifted and colourful. The New Zealand Herald, p. A4. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 fromhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/image.cfm?c_id=2&gal_cid=1501140&gallery_id=133394#11430784
Daily Mail Reporter (25-Aug-2013) . Scan up me hearties, yo ho! Children's hospital installs pirate-themed CT-scanner to make medical test a little less scary. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401817/Scan-hearties-yo-ho-Childrens-hospital-installs-pirate-themed-CT-scanner-make-medical-test-little-scary.html
Thompson , W (10-Jun-2013). TV quest draws the gifted and colourful. The New Zealand Herald, p. A4. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10889487
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