Portable MRI —Coming to the ICU?

A portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner used to assess brain injury at the bedside was feasible and safe in a study involving 50 critically ill patients at Yale New Haven Hospital ’s intensive care units (ICUs). The prototype portable MRI plugs into a standard wall outlet and maneuvers easily in an ICU room, researchers reported in JAMA Neurology.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research