How viable is point-of-care MRI?

Wednesday, November 29 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | W7-SSNR12-5 | Room E353B Is point-of-care MRI a viable tool for critically ill patients? The answer is yes, according to research to be presented Wednesday afternoon.Point-of-care MRI is a promising tool for treating critically ill patients who can't be transported to the imaging suite, wrote a team led by presenter Brian Gerard Yep, MD, of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center in Orange, CA."This technology is promising in critically ill patients too unstable to transport where early MRI access is critical for improved survival and better patient outcomes," the group explained.The technology allows for bedside low-field brain MR imaging – an application that could prove useful in a neurocritical care setting, the researchers noted."Early detection of ischemia, hemorrhage, or increased intracranial pressure can be valuable in the management of critically ill patients," they wrote.Yep and colleagues conducted a study that assessed the use of a 64-mTesla point-of-care MRI system in UCI Medical Center's neuroscience ICU department. The team collected data from exams performed between September 2022 and February 2023, comparing the point-of-care device to fixed MRI and CT systems; 21 point-of-care MRI scans were compared with preceding CT exams and with a follow-up 1.5-tesla or 3-tesla MRI exam within 72 hours. The group assessed the different scanners' turnaround times and any exam limitations.The study incl...
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