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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on July 10, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1134

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American Journal of Neuroradiology 29:1991-1994, November-December 2008
© 2008 American Society of Neuroradiology

Technical Note
SPINE

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, A. Jankovski^b, C. Grandin^a, L. Hermoye^c, G. Cosnard^a and C. Raftopoulos^b

^a Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
^b Department of Neurosurgery, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
^c Department of Laboratory of Image Processing, 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.