From the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (K.C.)
Blantyre Malaria Project (C.C., N.F.O., D.G.P., K.B.S., T.E.T.), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 May;43(5):670-674. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7494. Epub 2022 Apr 21.
Low-field, portable MR imaging may expedite patient management in the setting of critical illness. We successfully implemented low-field MR imaging at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi; a low-resource setting. We present our experience of low-field, portable MR imaging start-up and use in Malawi; the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa, together with complementary troubleshooting mechanisms that may be used especially in similar resource-constrained contexts.
低场、便携式磁共振成像(MR)在危重病患者的诊疗中可能会加快诊疗进程。我们在马拉维伊丽莎白女王中央医院成功实施了低场 MR 成像,这是一个资源匮乏的环境。本文介绍了我们在马拉维开展低场、便携式 MR 成像的经验,这在撒哈拉以南非洲地区尚属首次,同时还介绍了可能特别适用于类似资源受限环境的互补性故障排除机制。