1.5 TESLA · · SIGNA Explorer 1.5 T GE Healthcare 16 Channels 120 T / m / s Slew rate 33 mT / m Gradient Highlights • Reliable clinical results as well as high productivity and profitability • Compatible with SilentScan for examinations as silent as a whisper • Digital OpTix RF-technolgy. • Efficient workflow thanks to automatic presets, Slide Bar and integrated express coil technology. • Energy savings up to 34 % compared to previous systems. · · SIGNA Creator 1.5 T GE Healthcare 8 Channels 120 T / m / s Slew rate 33 mT / m Gradient Highlights • Reliable clinical results as well as high productivity and profitability • MAVRIC SL enables advanced visual- ization of soft tissues and bone near MR conditional metallic devices. • Digital OpTix RF-technolgy. • Efficient workflow thanks to automatic presets, Slide Bar and integrated express coil technology. • Energy savings up to 34 % compared to previous systems. · · ECHELON OVAL Hitachi 16 (32 ) Channels 150 T / m / s Slew rate 34 mT / m Gradient Highlights • Revolutionary design featuring a 74 cm spacious OVAL environment • Shaped around the human body • Workflow IntegratedTechnology (WIT) • WIT RF Coil System • WIT Mobile Table • WIT Patient Information Monitor · · ECHELON Hitachi Up to 16 Channels 150 T / m / s Slew rate 33 mT / m Gradient Highlights • Short bore, low running costs HF MRI system • High magnetic field homogeneity • Dedicated technology and sequences for artefacts suppression, very effective fat suppression / separation • Scalable RF system • Low cryogen boil-off technology · · Ingenia 1.5 T Philips 200 T / m / s or 120 T / m / s Slewrate 45 mT / m or 33 mT / m Gradient 1.5 T Field strength Highlights • Increase SNR by up to 40 % • As much as 30 % improvement in throughput • Plug-and-play expansion • Largest homogeneous FOV for a 70 cm bore • Significant reduction of routine tasks • The first-ever digital broadband MR system · · Multiva 1.5T Philips 122 T / m / s Slewrate 33 mT / m Gradient 1.5 T Field strength Highlights • FlexStream, SmartExam and SmartAssist offer an easy-to-use system for fast and easy workflow for increased throughput • Ultra-light weight coils. No additional coil handling for total spine imaging • High quality, 10-minute routine exams with high channel count coils and SENSE parallel imaging for up to 16-times acceleration • Comprehensive range of clinical applications • PowerSave – low operation costs Not available in the USA. RADBOOK 2016 36 ◼ MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING