A complete interventional MRI suite doesn’t exist… or does it?
Interventional MRI (iMRI) has been a niche specialty for years, with many trailblazers so convinced of its potential that they’ve created their own procedural environments from scratch. Only a limited number of facilities offer iMRI today, and there is no universal procedure list or standardized floorplan for MRI on the interventional floor. But that’s changing.
In this video, Joshua Krieger, director of product management for Cook Medical’s new iMRI division, leads a discussion with two pioneers in interventional MRI: Afshin Gangi, MD, PhD, chairman of radiology and nuclear medicine at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, and David Woodrum, MD, PhD, director of interventional MRI and associate professor of radiology at Mayo Rochester. This original discussion was held at the Society for Interventional Radiologists (SIR) meeting in Toronto. They discussed:
- How iMRI is expanding what’s possible in interventional radiology
- Their journeys working with emerging MRI technology and their experiences operating in iMRI environments.
- Where traditional imaging tech is falling short
- What makes this moment an inflection point for MRI-guided therapies
- What a modern iMRI suite looks like now and what it will look like in the near future
Watch the full video below to get their insights.