Table 3.

Infrastructure and equipment to start an iCMR program. Commercially available products are listed to share knowledge of available resources used by centers referenced in this review. This does not reflect product endorsement, the authors do not have conflicts of interest with any companies, and other examples may be available

Equipment/infrastructure	Examples
1.5 T wide-short-bore scanner optimized for cardiovascular imaging	-   Vendor specific
CMR surface coils for cardiovascular imaging	-   Vendor specific
Vendor specific real-time scanner control and visualization software	-   RTHawk by GE -   Monte Carlo prototype software by Siemens, -   iSuite by Philips
In-room display
-   Shielded projector systems -   LCD monitor	-   Gaven Industries -   Sentient
In-suite cameras	-   Gaven Industries
Audio communication noise cancelling headsets	-   IMROC by OptoAcoustics
Patient monitoring	-   Expression MRI Patient Monitoring System, Invivo Corporation
Hemodynamic recording system augmentation	-   Physiological Recording in MRI Environment [PriME] system -   Wireless telemetry system, PELEX-MAX, PinMed Inc
Nitric oxide delivery system	-   INOmax, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Electrophysiology equipment specific to MRI-guided arrhythmia ablation
-   Recording system and simulator	-   Advantage MR EP Recorder/Simulator, Imricor Medical Systems, USA
-   Ablation catheter	-   Vision MRTM ablation catheter, Imricor Medical Systems
Sterile procedure maintenance in the MRI-room	-   Large sterile drapes for MRI-scanner -   Long extension tubing for infusions -   MRI-compatible stand to serve as a procedure table
Commercially available “off the shelf” standard catheterization equipment that is also MR-compatible
-   Balloon wedge catheter and 1% dilute gadolinium solution for balloon inflation	-   Arrow balloon wedge catheter, Teleflex Medical
Purpose built MRI-conditional catheterization equipment
-   MR-conditional guidewire	-   Angled-tip Emeryglide MRWire, Nano4Imaging