Press Releases: Magnetic Resonance

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Kidderminster Hospital installs advanced MRI system for improved departmental workflow

10 May 2012

Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre, part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has recently installed a MAGNETOM® Skyra 3 Tesla MRI system from Siemens Healthcare. Located in the Radiology Department, it has been acquired to assist with increasing imaging needs and to handle a multi-specialty workload. More

Siemens presents premium imaging performance at exceptional cost of ownership at ECR 2012

12 March 2012

Siemens Healthcare has presented its latest innovations in diagnostic imaging at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria. Highlights included the new MAGNETOM® Spectra MRI system, a 3-tesla solution that provides excellent image quality and speed, plus the new ACUSON S1000™, a high-performance ultrasound system that facilitates a wide spectrum of patients, body types and disciplines ranging from radiology and general imaging to obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatric imaging. Both new systems have been designed to expand access to premium imaging performance at an exceptional cost of ownership via Agenda 2013, a Siemens initiative aimed at bolstering its competitiveness. More

University of Oxford gains a European first with installation of Siemens 7T MRI scanner

14 February 2012

The University of Oxford has installed Europe’s first 7 Tesla whole body actively-shielded MRI system from Siemens Healthcare. The MAGNETOM® 7T MRI is now in place at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences to assist in research programmes to improve understanding of the nervous system in health and disease. A 3 Tesla MAGNETOM Verio was also recently installed at the Centre. More