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Device Information and Specification CLINICAL APPLICATION Whole body SE, IR, 2D/3D TurboSE, Turbo IR, Dark-Fluid IR, True IR, 2D/3D MEDIC, 2D/3D GRE FLASH, 2D/3D GRE FISP, 2D/3D PSIF, 2D TurboFLASH, 3D MP-RAGE, 3D TurboFLASH, 2D/3D TOF angiography, MTC, TONE with 3D TOF MRA, GMR, LOTA IMAGING MODES Single, multislice, volume study, multi angle, multi oblique178 images/sec at 256 x 256 at 100% FOV1024 x 1024 full screen display POWER REQUIREMENTS 380/400/420/440/480 V Passive, act.; 1st order std./2nd opt. | | | | | |
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From Siemens Medical Systems;
Received FDA clearance in 2007.
The MAGNETOM Verio provides up to 102 integrated matrix coil elements and up to 32 independent radiofrequency channels that allow flexible coil combinations to make patient and coil repositioning virtually unnecessary. The Tim (total imaging matrix) technology also increases patient throughput due to a shorter scan time.
The open bore design offers great comfort for patients of all shapes and sizes.
Device Information and Specification
CLINICAL APPLICATION
Whole Body
CONFIGURATION
Ultra-short open bore
Head, spine, torso/ body coil, neurovascular, cardiac, neck and multi-purpose flex coils. Peripheral vascular, breast, shoulder, knee, wrist, foot//ankle, TMJ optional.
CHANNELS (min. / max. configuration)
8, 18, 32
Chemical shift imaging, single voxel spectroscopy
MAGNET WEIGHT (gantry included)
8200 kg
DIMENSION H*W*D (gantry included)
173 x 230 x 222 cm
Passive, active; first order,
second order standard
POWER REQUIREMENTS
380 / 400 / 420 / 440 / 460 / 480 V, 3-phase + ground; 110 kVA
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From Siemens Medical Systems;
70 cm + 125 cm + 1.5T and Tim - a combination never seen before in MRI ...
MAGNETOM Espree™s unique open bore design can accommodate more types of patients than other 1.5T systems on the market today, in particular the growing population of obese patients. The power of 1.5T combined with Tim technology boosts signal to noise, which is necessary to adequately image obese patients.
Device Information and Specification
CLINICAL APPLICATION
Whole body
Body, Tim [32 x 8], Tim [76 coil elements with up to 18 RF channels])
GRE, IR, FIR, STIR, TrueIR/FISP, FSE, FLAIR, MT, SS-FSE, MT-SE, MTC, MSE, EPI, 3D DESS//CISS/PSIF, GMR
IMAGING MODES
Single, multislice, volume study, multi angle, multi oblique
Image Processor reconstructing up to 3226 images per second (256 x 256, 25% recFoV)
1024 x 1024 full screen display
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From ONI Medical Systems, Inc.;
MSK-Extreme™ MRI system is a dedicated high field extremity imaging device, designed to provide orthopedic surgeons and other physicians with detailed diagnostic images of the foot, ankle, knee, hand, wrist and elbow, all with the clinical confidence and advantages derived from high field, whole body MRI units. The light weight (less than 650 kg) of the OrthOne System performs rapid patient studies, is easy to operate, has a patient friendly open environment and can be installed in a practice office or hospital, all at a cost similar to a low field extremity machine.
New features include a more powerful operating system that offers increased scan speed as well as a 160-mm knee coil with higher signal to noise ratio, and the option of a CD burner.
Device Information and Specification 16 cm knee, 18 cm lower extremity;; 12.3 cm upper extremity, additional high resolution v-SPEC Coils: 80 mm, 100 mm, or 145 mm. SE, FSE, GE2D, GE3D, Inversion recovery (IR), Driven Equilibrium, Fat Saturation (FS), STIR, MT, PD, Flow Compensation (FC), RF spoiling, MTE, No Phase Wrap (NPW) IMAGING MODES Scout, single, multislice, volume 2D less than 200 msec/image X/Y: 64-512; 2 pixel steps 4,096 grey lvls; 256 lvls in 3D POWER REQUIREMENTS 115VAC, 1phase, 20A; 208VAC, 3 phase, 30A COOLING SYSTEM TYPE LHe with 2 stage cold head 1.25m radial x 1.8m axial
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(MRS / MRSI - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging) A method using the NMR phenomenon to identify the chemical state of various elements without destroying the sample. MRS therefore provides information about the chemical composition of the tissues and the changes in chemical composition, which may occur with disease processes.
Although MRS is primarily employed as a research tool and has yet to achieve widespread acceptance in routine clinical practice, there is a growing realization that a noninvasive technique, which monitors disease biochemistry can provide important new information for the clinician.
The underlying principle of MRS is that atomic nuclei are surrounded by a cloud of electrons, which very slightly shield the nucleus from any external magnetic field. As the structure of the electron cloud is specific to an individual molecule or compound, then the magnitude of this screening effect is also a characteristic of the chemical environment of individual nuclei.
In view of the fact that the resonant frequency is proportional to the magnetic field that it experiences, it follows that the resonant frequency will be determined not only by the external applied field, but also by the small field shift generated by the electron cloud.
This shift in frequency is called the chemical shift (see also Chemical Shift). It should be noted that chemical shift is a very small effect, usually expressed in ppm of the main frequency. In order to resolve the different chemical species, it is therefore necessary to achieve very high levels of homogeneity of the main magnetic field B0.
Spectra from humans usually require shimming the magnet to approximately one part in 100. High resolution spectra of liquid samples demand a homogeneity of about one part in 1000.
In addition to the effects of factors such as relaxation times that can affect the NMR signal, as seen in magnetic resonance imaging, effects such as J-modulation or the transfer of magnetization after selective excitation of particular spectral lines can affect the relative strengths of spectral lines.
In the context of human MRS, two nuclei are of particular interest - H-1 and P-31. (PMRS - Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy) PMRS is mainly employed in studies of the brain where prominent peaks arise from NAA, choline containing compounds, creatine and creatine phosphate, myo-inositol and, if present, lactate; phosphorus 31 MR spectroscopy detects compounds involved in energy metabolism (creatine phosphate, adenosine triphosphate and inorganic phosphate) and certain compounds related to membrane synthesis and degradation. The frequencies of certain lines may also be affected by factors such as the local pH. It is also possible to determine intracellular pH because the inorganic phosphate peak position is pH sensitive.
If the field is uniform over the volume of the sample, "similar" nuclei will contribute a particular frequency component to the detected response signal irrespective of their individual positions in the sample. Since nuclei of different elements resonate at different frequencies, each element in the sample contributes a different frequency component. A chemical analysis can then be conducted by analyzing the MR response signal into its frequency components.
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