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Renown Health X-Ray and Imaging has added the Ingenia 3T MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system to boost image clarity, exam speed and patient comfort.
How it works
Simply put, an MRI machine can manipulate a magnetic field, measure the magnetic response of body tissues and map these signals to display an inside view of the patient’s anatomy.
Physician and patient benefits
The new 3T MRI system incorporates a number of breakthrough technologies designed to deliver exceptional image clarity. It quickly provides radiologists and physicians with precise, detailed images needed to help confidently diagnose many different anatomical and structural problems in the body—including brain and nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease and organ disease.
Getting a scan with the new 3T MRI will be more comfortable because it is based around a wide-bore magnet with a 70cm opening. This wider opening and larger bed will enable medical professionals to image patients of varying size, age and physical condition (including persons up to 550 pounds). It will also help patients who might be claustrophobic or anxious about getting an MRI.
Among the other great attributes of the Ingenia 3T is spectroscopy, which can better determine if an area is a new tumor. This feature shows the brain’s motor strip so a neurosurgeon can operate and avoid that area.
“The advanced image quality will allow small anatomy to be seen much better, which is especially relevant in neurosciences and orthopedic work,” said Christine Wells, director of Outpatient Imaging at Renown Health. “The Ingenia has the most advanced image quality you can find in the region.”
To find out more about MRI imaging at Renown you can call 982-8100 or visit renown.org/imaging or renown.org/3t. To get an interview with a patient regarding their personal experience with the new technology, please contact Dan Davis at Renown Health, 775-691-7308.
