Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

370

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

SYNTHETICS AND METALS USED IN SCANNER CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

181,2 cm

Largeur

136,0 cm

Hauteur

181,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie médicale

Catégorie

Radiologie

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

EMI

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

St. Albans

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

THIS SCANNER USED 1977 TO C.1980, AND POSSIBLY LATER.

Canada

THIS SCANNER USED AT MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE FIRST INSTITUTION IN CANADA TO INSTALL A CT SCANNER (EMI MK 1). IN 1985 MNI INSTALLED A HIGH-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGER/SPECTROMETER (MRI), THE FIRST IN CANADA. MNI HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AND RADIOSURGERY IN CANADA. (REF.2, P.373)

Fonction

TO VIEW AND/OR PHOTOGRAPH HUMAN BRAIN IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE ILLNESS, OR PLAN & MONITOR TREATMENT.

Technique

EXAMPLE OF EARLY CT-SCANNER USED FOR INVESTIGATION & DIAGNOSIS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF BRAIN DISEASES. UNLIKE EARLIER, HIGHLY INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, THE SCANNER OPERATES WITHOUT RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OR AIR INJECTIONS, AND OPTIONALLY WITHOUT USE OF CONTRAST MEDIA.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

" EMI SCANNER " appears on plate on lower left front corner. [NB: rotating portion of unit is upside down on storage pallet] " 210 " stamped in black on internal ring collar. " TSM " stamped in black on frame, below table feed connections. control panel on front left of scanner: all controls, indicators, etc. labelled. Mfr's plate inside back of scanner only partially visible: reads " [ EMI St. ] AlbansHertfordshire/ [ ] Collimator Assy./ [ ] M-1005/370/ [ ]X-SK24/ [Mods. Record 123] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12/ "[Made in] United Kingdom ". Preceeding text continued from mfr's plate on scanner./ Label on power unit in upper left corner, above connecting cables, reads: " WARNING/ DO NOT USE WITH FLAMMABLE/ ANAESTHETIC GASES "./ Decal in upper right reads: " EMI/ SCANNER SYSTEM/ INCLUDING ASSOCIATED UNITS UNDER ONE/ OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING U.S. PATENTS/ 3778614 3866047 3919552 3924129 3924131 3944833 3946234 "./ Yellow decal marked " E " applied to rotating disc on motor, marking one connection./ Decal applied to upper left corner of power unit, on access door frame, reads: " EMI/ St. Albans, Herts/ England./ UNIT/ Scanner Machine/ 4x-0-11000A/ Serial No./ 370/ Manufactured/ Date 21 (?) of March/ 1977/ Mod. Record/ 1 2 3 4 5 6/ 7 8 9 10 11 12/ Model/ M.1005/ Made in/ United/ Kingdom/ Voltage/ 115 V/ Current/ 5 A "./ Decal bearing red arrow applied above all lock fittings./ Both scanner unit & power unit bear " HORIZON MEDICAL SERVICES " shipping labels.

Manque

NOT COMPLETE. EXTENT TO WHICH PARTS ARE MISSING IS UNKNOWN: FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES THIS UNIT IS CONSIDERED TO BE FAIRLY COMPLETE.

Fini

SCANNER UNIT & POWER UNIT LINKED BY GREY METAL BED OR PLATFORM. SCANNER PREDOMINANTLY GREY, WITH WHITE TOP & CENTRE PANELS, AND RING FITTINGS. POWER UNIT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, WITH GREY TOP, FRAME & ACCESS DOOR.

Décoration

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