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Infusion pump performance in an MR environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

E. J. Williams ,
Y. C. Tam ,
I. V. Kendall ,
T. A. Carpenter  and
D. K. Menon
E. J. Williams
Affiliation:
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Y. C. Tam
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Physics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
I. V. Kendall
Affiliation:
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
T. A. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
D. K. Menon
Affiliation:
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

Concerns about life support equipment accompanying the critically ill patient have to date made magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of this patient group the exception. We present here a series of tests performed on an IVAC P3000 infusion pump to investigate its suitability for the magnetic resonance imaging environment. We investigate safety, pump performance and image quality issues. The pump was housed at the end of the patient couch to prevent motion towards the scanner. Gravimetric tests found the pump to work within acceptable parameters at a static field of 10 mT. Image interference issues were addressed.

Keywords

magnetic resonance imagingequipmentsafetyinfusion pumpsinfusion anaesthetic
Type
Original Article
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1999 , pp. 468 - 472
Copyright
1999 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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