New FONAR Stand-Up MRI in Madrid, Spain, Performs Historic MRI ``First'' by Scanning, Without Anesthesia, a 2-Year-Old Sitting on Mother's Lap.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4660589 MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2004 FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. Specialist(tm), announced today that the Stand-Up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. (TM) MRI at Hospital de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, performed in November of 2003 a historic "first" in the field of magnetic resonance imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to produce cross-sectional images of organs and other internal body structures. (MRI), by scanning an infant sitting on its mother's lap. The scan was successful and the infant's problem diagnosed. This is a remarkable event because it shows that the revolutionary Stand-Up(TM) MRI can possibly be used to avoid the use of anesthesia for MRI exams in a substantial percentage of children currently requiring it. A picture of the mother and child and an MR image of the scan may be found on http://www.businesswire.com and FONAR's Web site: http://www.fonar.com/news/061404.htm "The child was an active two-year-old," said Juan Abarca, M.D., president of Hospital de Madrid Monteprincipe. "The open architecture of the Stand-Up(TM) MRI made it possible for us to scan the child sitting on his mother's lap, from where he could sit still and watch cartoons on a large, 42-inch plasma TV A flat panel TV that uses the plasma display technology. See flat panel TV, plasma display and LCD vs. plasma. . We wrapped the surface coil (the belt-shaped antenna that picks up the tiny radio signals that make up the MRI picture) around both the mother and the child and were able to obtain images from the lumbar region (Anat.) the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and iliac regions, and outside of the umbilical region. See also: Lumbar of the child." The child was diagnosed with syringomyelia syringomyelia Disease characterized by the entrance of cerebrospinal fluid into the spinal cord, where it forms a cavity (syrinx). The syrinx can expand and elongate over time, destroying the centre of the spinal cord and causing symptoms that vary with the syrinx's size and , a disorder in which a cyst cyst, abnormal sac in the body, filled with a fluid or semisolid and enclosed in a membrane. Cysts can be congenital but are usually acquired, the most common locations being the skin and the ovaries. forms within the spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. . "We were very happy that we were able to make the diagnosis without having to anesthetize a·nes·the·tize v. To induce anesthesia in. an·es  the·ti·za tion n. the child." Raymond Damadian, M.D., president and founder of FONAR said, "Dr. Abarca performed a ground breaking MRI scan. In the present day practice of childhood MRI scanning, the great majority of children under the age of 7 must be put to sleep with anesthesia in order to eliminate any movement during scanning, thereby requiring continuous vital signs monitoring by a physician in attendance. With a child comfortably sitting on its mother's lap, transfixed by a 42-inch TV showing a popular children's program, the risks and costs of anesthesia can possibly be eliminated. While it is too early to tell what percentage of the under-7 childhood population can be scanned without anesthesia, we are expecting it to be a significant percentage. It's another unique feature for the Stand-Up(TM) MRI. Of course, I must add that it's a wonderful feeling for us at FONAR to be able to help children like this one." The Stand-Up(TM) MRI is the only MRI scanner in existence that allows patients to be scanned in the conventional recumbent recumbent /re·cum·bent/ (re-kum´bent) lying down. re·cum·bent adj. Lying down, especially in a position of comfort; reclining. position as well as in upright positions, usually the sitting position. Because of its unique ability, the Stand-Up(TM) MRI has successfully detected pathology that went undetected on traditional lie-down MRI scanners. Dr. Abarca said, "In the first six months of operating the Stand-Up(TM) MRI, we confirmed the enormous diagnostic potential of having the versatility of scanning patients in vertical and horizontal positions." When asked to describe what the response of the patients has been to the Stand-Up(TM) MRI in Madrid, Dr. Abarca said, "Due to the success of the scanner, many people are calling for appointments. We scan an average of 20 patients per day, with people coming not just from Spain, but from all over Europe." 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