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Mobile brain scans sound like science fiction. But they're now helping more Canadian patients

A rising number of Canadian facilities are using mobile brain scanners to help patients, by offering MRIs mid-surgery in hospital or diagnosing stroke right on the roadside. So what's the future of this game-changing technology? When Dave Evans underwent surgery to remove a pituitary gland tumour last October, his surgical team worked within an area roughly the size of a thumbnail. In that tiny space near the base of Evans’s brain, neurosurgeon Dr. Neil Duggal and other clin... [7745 chars]

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