CE mark pending MagneticResonanceImagingRAD·BOOK 2012 23 Highlights – Revolutionary design featuring the 74 cm wide “oval bore” shaped to accommodate the human body – Allows greater freedom for positioning, accomodation of larger patients and decreased anxiety – WIT RF coil system and WIT mobile table for significant workflow advantages – AutoPose, automatic slice selection for improved workflow and increased consistency in examinations – Superb magnetic homogeneity – Low cryogen boil-off technology 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, 32 RF coils available – Low cryogen boil-off technology Hitachi Medical Systems Echelon Oval Hitachi Medical Systems Echelon Field 1.5 T Gradient 34 mt/m Slewrate 150 T/m/s Field 1.5 T Gradient 33 mT/m Slewrate 150 T/m/s Highlights – Compact MR design – only 25 m2 siting space – Low operating costs – 25% less than other 1.5 T systems – High fidelity gradients to achieve accurate gradient pulses – Broad range of high density coils for all applications – Exclusive HD applications – Consumes 41% less energy than previous generation systems, GE ”ecomagi- nation“ certified GE Healthcare Signa HDe 1.5 T Field 1.5 T Gradient 23 mT/m Slewrate 50 T/m/s Philips Ingenia 1.5 T Ingenia 1.5 T: The first-ever digital broadband MR system Highlights – Increase SNR by up to 40% – As much as 30% improvement in throughput – Plug-and-play expansion – Largest homogeneous FOV for a 70cm bore – Significant reduction of routine tasks Highlights – SmartExam – 1 click for consistent and reproducible MR scans – 4D-angio’s (time resolved) with 4D-TRAK and SENSE parallal imaging – A full range of high-channel SENSE coils for high resolution and speed – New contrast in oncology applications with DWIBS whole body diffusion – Advanced 3D-cardiac, neuro, breast and spectro imaging Philips Achieva 1.5 T A-series Field 1.5 T Gradient 33 mT/m Slewrate 122 mT/m/ms Field 1.5 T Gradient 66 mT/m Slewrate 180 mT/m/ms Highlights – A true value-for-money 1.5 T system with comprehensive imaging capabilities – Smarter economics with PowerSave (reduces energy bill by upto 50%) and compact siting (only 27m2 ) – Built on proven Achieva platform offering wide choice of easy and economi- cal upgrade paths Philips Achieva 1.5T SE