APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mechanical vaporizers are built to convert liquid anesthetics into gaseous form, and to deliver them at the right concentrations for anesthesia. Halothane (Fluothane) is a man-made liquid anesthetic, introduced in the late 1950s.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are generally two types of vaporizers: plenum and drawover. Both have distinct advantages and disadvantages. The dual-circuit gas-vapor blender is a third type of vaporizer used exclusively for the agent desflurane.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plenum vaporizers are high resistance, unidirectional, agent-specific, variable bypass vaporizers designed to be used outside the breathing system. Draw-over vaporizers are low resistance and inefficient compared with their plenum counterpart.