HEAPHY 1 & 2

PLENARY

Murray ARMSTRONG

Sat 31st Aug 2013

Session 2 / Talk 5

11:40 – 12:00

Next MRI USER GROUP (MRUG) will be in March 2014 in Auckland

Theme ‘CHEST’

This will include a workshop on MR Compatible Pacemakers

MRI ‘Safe’ Pacemakers

WORKSHOP

These are a reality now

Medtronic EnRhythm MRISureScan pacing system

“A Waikato woman has become the first person in New Zealand to be fitted with a pacemaker

developed for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.”

Akuhata, K

Medtronic EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system

20-May-2009

4.3 years ago

SINCE THEN

BIOTRONIC

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC

MEDTRONIC

ST JUDES

PRO MRI

INGENIO & ADVANTIO

ADVISA, REVO & SURESCAN

ACCENT

ALSO

Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators

ICD

Biotronic

IN HAMILTON

Stephen BUTLER – Midland MRI

Anne BAYLEY – Medimaging

LOTS OF PAPERS

Including the usual weigh-in by

Kanal and Shellock

EXCLUSION ZONE DIAGRAMS

All slightly different

INFORMATION REQUIRED

Pre and Post scan checklists by the supplying companies

Covering the Cardiology and Radiology Departments

SCANNER INFORMATION

Maximum of 1.5T

Parameters – ‘Normal’ SAR rate, Slew rates, Spatial gradients, etc

Protocols – Bandwidths, NEX, TR, etc

SAFETY APPROVED

CE

FDA x

UPSHOT

Each department ‘doing it’s own thing’

There is standardization within Hamilton as we are dealing with the same cardiology staff

However their MRI knowledge is ‘zero’

PROPOSE

MRI Compatible Pacemaker and ICD

Workshop at the next MRUG

Involving Pacemaker ICD suppliers and MRI manufacturers – if possible

Gaenor Bell at Biotronic has been very helpful

THANK YOU

AN IDEA FOR YOUR SCANNER

Seen in the Daily Mail

26-Aug-2013

AN IDEA FOR YOUR SCANNER

GE provided the CT scanner to

New York-Presbyterian Morgan

Stanley Children's Hospital

Daily Mail Reporter

FINALLY

Ideal patients?

10-Jan-2013

“NZ's Got Talent” contestant

TV quest draws the gifted and colourful

“NZ's Got Talent” contestant

TV quest draws the gifted and colourful

"Wow, look at your long nails, your bracelets" says executive producer Bettina Hollings

“NZ's Got Talent” contestant

TV quest draws the gifted and colourful

"Wow, look at your long nails, your bracelets" says executive producer Bettina Hollings

"I never take them off“replies the singer

Thompson , W

Lynnette Karam-Whalley

of Te Awamutu

Bowker, G

Akuhata, Karla. (May 20, 2009). First for NZ as pacemaker enables safe scans. Waikato Times p. A8. Hamilton, NZ

Bowker, G (10-Jun-2013). TV quest draws the gifted and colourful. The New Zealand Herald, p. A4. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 fromhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/image.cfm?c_id=2&gal_cid=1501140&gallery_id=133394#11430784

Daily Mail Reporter (25-Aug-2013) . Scan up me hearties, yo ho! Children's hospital installs pirate-themed CT-scanner to make medical test a little less scary. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401817/Scan-hearties-yo-ho-Childrens-hospital-installs-pirate-themed-CT-scanner-make-medical-test-little-scary.html

Thompson , W (10-Jun-2013). TV quest draws the gifted and colourful. The New Zealand Herald, p. A4. Retrieved 14-Jun-13 from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10889487

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