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MRI machines are making their way into operating rooms, helping to guide surgery much the way GPS devices guide drivers. Here are some investments by Twin Cities hospitals:
• United Hospital, St. Paul. Cost $6 million for equipment, $3.4 million for construction, to be introduced this month.
• Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. Cost $6 million for equipment, $3 million for construction, introduced in June.
• Regions Hospital, St. Paul. Cost $1.8 million for equipment and installation, introduced in spring 2006.
• Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis. Cost $1.6 million for equipment, $100,000 for construction, introduced in 2004.
• University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis. Cost about $3 million for equipment and construction, introduced in 1996. Now developing a version at $8 million to $10 million that may be introduced in 2008.
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