General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETICS AND METALS USED IN SCANNER CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

203.0 cm

Width

105.0 cm

Height

199.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Radiology

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EMI

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Hayes

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS TYPE OF SCANNER PROBABLY USED C. 1980S.

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)

Function

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

Technical

EXAMPLE OF C. 1980S CT-SCANNER USED FOR INVESTIGATION & DIAGNOSIS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF BRAIN DISEASES. UNLIKE EARLIER, HIGHLY INTRUSIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, THE SCANNER OPERATES WITHOUT RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OR AIR INJECTIONS, AND OPTIONALLY WITHOUT USE OF CONTRAST MEDIA. BELIEVED TO HAVE REPLACED 881320 AT MNI.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" EMI SCANNER CT 5005 " appears on plate in upper right corner, front & back; decal on front & back above ring opening reads: " WARNING/ DO NOT USE WITH FLAMMABLE/ ANAESTHETIC GASES ". Decal on couch attachment plate reads " EMI HAYES MIDDLESEX ENGLAND/ UNIT/ SERIAL No. / MOD. REC. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12/ Made in United Kingdom ". Control panel located over bed fitting: all controls, display, etc. labelled. Panel also bears decal: " INV EMS 83/ 1350-8759/ No 0051"./ PT crank: " FIG/ 360 ", logo, & " PICADOR/ ENGLAND " cast into crank handle./ PT head scoops (3) 2 intact; 1 broken; mfd. by EMI Hayes, Middx. England. model 1X/1 [21152] & [21151] ***see p. 372 " A New Kind of Ray" [ R 895.6 C3 N48 1995 ] in NMST library- positron emission tomography scanner.

Missing

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

Finish

DARK GREY RIBBED SYNTHETIC PANEL ON CENTRE FRONT & BACK; SMOOTH GREY SYNTHETIC RING CASING; SMOOTH OFF-WHITE METAL & SYNTHETIC SIDE AND END PANELS.

Decoration

N/A