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HEAPHY 1 & 2 PLENARY Murray ARMSTRONG. Sat 31 st 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. MRI ‘ Safe ’ Pacemakers. WORKSHOP
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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
MRI ‘Safe’ Pacemakers WORKSHOP These are a reality now
Medtronic EnRhythmMRISureScanpacing 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
Medtronic EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system 20-May-2009 4.3 years ago
SINCE THEN BIOTRONIC BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDTRONIC ST JUDES PRO MRI INGENIO & ADVANTIO ADVISA, REVO & SURESCAN ACCENT
ALSO Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators ICD Biotronic
IN HAMILTON Stephen BUTLER – Midland MRI Anne BAYLEY – Medimaging
LOTS OF PAPERS Including the usual weigh-in by Kanal and Shellock
EXCLUSION ZONE DIAGRAMS All slightly different
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
SAFETY APPROVED CE FDA x
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 Seen in the Daily Mail 26-Aug-2013
AN IDEA FOR YOUR SCANNER GE provided the CT scanner to New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
FINALLY Ideal patients? 10-Jan-2013
“NZ's Got Talent” contestant TV quest draws the gifted and colourful
“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
Lynnette Karam-Whalley of TeAwamutu Bowker, G
References 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 from http://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