Implementation of a Low-Field Portable MRI Scanner in a Resource-Constrained Environment: Our Experience in Malawi

^aFrom the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (K.C.)
^bBlantyre Malaria Project (C.C., N.F.O., D.G.P., K.B.S., T.E.T.), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
^cDepartment of Radiology (C.C.), Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
^dMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (M.S.G.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
^eDivision of Neuroradiology (L.V.), Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
^fDivision of Critical Care Medicine (N.F.O.), Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
^gDepartment of Neurology (D.G.P.), George Washington University/Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
^hDepartment of Osteopathic Medical Specialties (K.B.S., T.E.T.), College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Please address correspondence to Karen Chetcuti, MD, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Private bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi; e-mail: kchetcuti{at}kuhes.ac.mw