@article{2c3e184928fb4037adad1856325a8bca,
title = "Implementation of a Low-Field Portable MRI Scanner in a Resource-Constrained Environment: Our Experience in Malawi",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Karen Chetcuti and C. Chilingulo and Goyal, {M. S.} and L. Vidal and O'Brien, {N. F.} and Postels, {D. G.} and Seydel, {K. B.} and Taylor, {T. E.}",
note = "Funding Information: Received January 19, 2022; accepted after revision March 3. From the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (K.C.) and Blantyre Malaria Project (C.C., N.F.O., D.G.P., K.B.S., T.E.T.), Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi; Department of Radiology (C.C.), Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (M.S.G.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Division of Neuroradiology (L.V.), Department of Radiology, Children{\textquoteright}s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Division of Critical Care Medicine (N.F.O.), Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children{\textquoteright}s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Neurology (D.G.P.), George Washington University/Children{\textquoteright}s National Medical Center, Washington, DC; and Department of Osteopathic Medical Specialties (K.B.S., T.E.T.), College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, grant No: 5U01AI126610. Please address correspondence to Karen Chetcuti, MD, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Private bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi; e-mail: kchetcuti@kuhes.ac.mw Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 American Society of Neuroradiology. All rights reserved.",
year = "2022",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3174/ajnr.A7494",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "670--674",
journal = "American Journal of Neuroradiology",
issn = "0195-6108",
number = "5",
}