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February 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Surgical Precision: It’s Magnetic

By CSMMayo

Sometimes the doors just aren’t big enough. That was the case with this 6-ton magnet that was installed in a second-floor procedure room of Mayo Clinic’s hospital in Jacksonville. The new intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging (IMRI) system allows neurosurgeons to use real-time imaging as they operate on brain tumors. This gives them a more sensitive […]

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Tags: Florida, IMRI, intraoperative MRI, Jacksonville, magnetic resonance imaging, Surgery