In 2008, Singapore General Hospital installed an Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging system (IMRI) in its Major Operating Theatre. This article discusses the first ever case done in the IMRI suite, the challenges faced and identified, as well as their learning points and potential solutions.
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