State-of-the-Art MRI
It’s big. It’s powerful. And it is specially designed to make patients less anxious and more comfortable when they need an MRI at St. Elizabeth Imaging Center.
The Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto is a revolutionary new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner that enables radiologists to more quickly obtain the highest resolution full-body images. Those high-quality images help physicians to diagnose and treat their patients more effectively.
The new five-ton machine expands St. Elizabeth’s imaging capabilities in all imaging areas, providing comprehensive exams from head to toe for neurological, angio, cardiac, whole body, oncology, orthopedic and sports medicine, and pediatric evaluations.
The MAGNETOM Avanto is also much easier on the patient than other similar machines. It is much quieter, for instance, with a system that reduces the noise by up to 97 percent.
For most applications, it also is a feet-first entry machine, which greatly decreases anxiety for those patients who are not comfortable in small spaces. And because the technology is so efficient and fast, full-body scans can be done without having to stop and reposition the patient – making the MRI experience much better for the patient.
Specifications of the MAGNETOM Avanto
The MAGNETOM Avanto is newest 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance (MR) system from Siemens Medical Solutions, and the first product to incorporate Siemens’ revolutionary Total Imaging Matrix (Tim™) technology. Tim is the first whole-body surface coil designed to seamlessly combine up to 76 coil elements and 32 RF channels.
Tim allows the user to select exams, not coils, and provides the highest acquisition speed without image artifacts or restrictions in coverage. The Tim Application Suite includes a comprehensive set of clinical applications, such as metastasis evaluation.
The MAGNETOM Avanto offers many advantages, particularly for neurological functional applications and whole body scanning. It also features Siemens unique iPAT (integrated Parallel Acquisition Technique) that provides fast image acquisition with parallel imaging in all three dimensions, including head to toe, front to back, and side to side. Phoenix software allows clinicians to transfer image protocol parameters from a CD, making it possible to initiate a scan directly from the image.
