Introduction of a Dedicated Emergency Department MR Imaging Scanner at the Barrow Neurological Institute

Overview

Journal AJNR Am J Neuroradiol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2017 May 13

PMID 28495948

Citations 7

Authors

M Buller

J P Karis

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Abstract

Use of advanced imaging in the emergency department has been increasing in the United States during the past 2 decades. This trend has been most notable in CT, which has increased concern over the effects of increasing levels of medical ionizing radiation. MR imaging offers a safe, nonionizing alternative to CT and is diagnostically superior in many neurologic conditions encountered in the emergency department. Herein, we describe the process of developing and installing a dedicated MR imaging scanner in the Neuroscience Emergency Department at the Barrow Neurological Institute and its effects on neuroradiology and the emergency department in general.

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