FDA approves Siemens' smallest, most light-weight MR Scanner
Written By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2021-07-08 03:30 GMT | Update On 2021-07-08 09:33 GMT
Credit: Siemens Healthineers
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared MAGNETOM Free.Max, a new High-V magnetic resonance (MR) scanner that combines a 0.55 Tesla (0.55T) field strength with deep learning technologies and advanced image processing. It is smallest, most lightweight scanner uses less than 1 liter of helium and no quench pipe.
The first and only 80 cm wide-bore system available, the MAGNETOM Free.Max also facilitates MR scanning for extremely obese and claustrophobic patients, enhancing the patient experience. The scanner broadens the range of MR clinical applications and provides customers with the inherent clinical benefits of a mid-field MR scanner.
At less than 3.5 tons and less than 80 inches high, the MAGNETOM Free.Max is the most lightweight, compact whole-body scanner ever offered by Siemens Healthineers. Its reduced size permits installation with minimal structural modifications. And where MR scanners typically require several hundred liters of helium and a quench pipe for cooling purposes, the new magnet of the MAGNETOM Free.Max uses less than 1 liter of helium, reducing lifecycle and infrastructure costs. For these reasons, the customer can install the MAGNETOM Free.Max in areas where an MR scanner could not be housed previously.
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