Communication between the doctors and technicians is often limited while performing an MRI scan on a patient. It is vital for the surgeons (who are at the gantry) and the technicians (who are in the control room) to effectively communicate between them in order to perform their work well. It’s difficult to use conventional headsets due to the magnetic field. Besides, the MRI machine too is a tad noisy, and all these interfere with the communication between the surgeons and the technicians (sometimes including the patients as well).

Well, to overcome these problems, Optoacoustics developed a nonferromagnetic communication system called “Interventional MR Optical Communication System (IMROC)” based on specialized transducers and fiber optic headphones. This will not only reduce not but also provide the previously inaudible voice quality. These headphones are self-hearing and equipped with slim ear defenders.

The good news is that the doctors and the technicians can wear headsets during an MRI scan in the control room while the patient can listen to music or speak to the surgeons through the headset. IMROC is absolutely safe, and it is used at the forefront of research and treatment at the world’s leading iMRI facilities.

Via: MedGadget\OptoAcoustics