Ferromagnetic Detection System

Installation inside the Magnet Room for an out-swing door configuration

Pass-through perpendicular to the wall installation

Unobtrusive parallel to the wall installation

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Tags: Ferromagnetic Detection System, MRI Safety

The First-ever Digital Broadband MR System

DirectDigital -- Increase SNR by up to 40%

Philips-exclusive DirectDigital RF samples the MR signal directly in the coil on the patient, and sends it to the reconstructor via fiber-optic cable. The result is up to 40% higher SNR, and a dynamic range that exceeds 185dB.

Tags: Philips Healthcare, MRI Scanner, Ingenia 1.5T

Ferromagnetic Detector for Safe MRI Practice

Tags: Ferromagnetic Detector, MRI Safety

MRI Tragedy

Another MRI tragedy that leads to the death of a field engineer...

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Tags: GE Medical Systems, Signa HDX 1.5T, blower motor

Brain MRI (Imaging Planes)

Tags: Brain MRI, imaging plane, bicommissural line, fastigium, 4th ventricle, sella turcica, corpus callosum

Source:

P.M. Parizel et al. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain. In: P. Reimer et al. (eds.), Clinical MR Imaging. Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg, 2010; 108-194.