Noras, which has 7,000 scanners in the U.S. market, has made a strong effort to grow its MRI business in the States by creating a unique platform and plans to be a major player in the years ahead.

“We are trying to develop devices that are particular in niche markets like breast coils. Neurosurgery is another niche and we see that growing,” Miller says. “The demand may not be as high, but you have to look to stabilize because of the competition and adapt the product to that need.”


Noras sees a big opportunity in the baby boomer generation for these coils and is concentrating its efforts on a prostate biopsy coil it believes will rise in demand in the future.

Toshiba, meanwhile, acknowledges that although technology continues to advance, not all hospitals and health facilities can keep up with the cost of those advancements and are working toward creating products that are effective and affordable.

“We think coils are a very important part of an MR scanner’s performance and without the coils focused on areas to give the best possible image quality in the shortest scan time, the industry would not be taking care of the patients,” Clarkson says. “We already have technology in place that allows whole-body imaging and we will be focusing more on that to [increase] efficiency and comfort and taking that to 3T pretty shortly.”

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DOTmed Registered MRI Coils Equipment Sales & Service Companies
Names in boldface are Premium Listings.

Domestic
Shannon Cosgriff, Superior Medical Imaging, CA
Tanner LoRusso, Sound Imaging, Inc, CA
DOTmed certified
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Dan McGuan, Viable Medical Services, CA
DOTmed certified
DM100
Rick Stockton, Atlas Medical Technologies, CA
Donald McCormack, Southwest Medical Resources, CA
Bruce Smith, Medical Systems Technologies, CO
Scott Simmons, Platinum Medical Imaging, FL
DOTmed certified
DM100
Moshe Alkalay, Hi Tech Int'l Group, FL
DOTmed certified
David Denholtz, Integrity Medical Systems, Inc., FL
DOTmed certified
DM100
Rami Marom, ElsMed Ltd & Relaxation Inc, FL
DOTmed certified
DM100
Wood Peters, Amber Diagnostics, FL
DM100
German Filgueira, Poder Inc., FL
DOTmed certified
Moti Goldman, MRI Special Service Repair Imaging, FL
Richard Gustman, MagnaServ Inc, FL
Randy Cox, MRI Technical Services, GA
Mike Ghazal, Zetta Medical Technologies, LLC, IL
Karl Berland, Genesis Medical Imaging, IL
Wes Solmos, Creative Foam Medical Systems, IN
DOTmed certified
Jason Crawford, Block Imaging Parts & Services, MI
Andrew Beck, MR Instruments Inc., MN
Rick Sagadin, Carolina Medical Parts, NC
DOTmed certified
George Fraza, DMS Topline Medical, ND
Randall Jones, Resonance Innovations LLC, NE
DOTmed certified
Mohamed Maaty, Pan Am Imaging, NJ
Gary Benitez, Crown Medical International Inc., NY
DOTmed certified
Joshua Glas, Adam Imaging Parts Inc., NY
DOTmed certified
DM100
Tom Hineman, Ohio Valley Medical Systems, OH
Nicholas Hersman, Medrad Inc., PA
Vincent Tecce, National MRI Parts & Service, PA
DM100
Mark Suffridge, RedMedPar, TN
DM100
Mary Lampley, J&M Trading, TN
DOTmed certified
DM100
Robert Graham, Polaris Medical Imaging, TX
DOTmed certified
Tommy Geske, Sunrise Medical Technology Inc., TX
DOTmed certified
Marshall Shannon, Image Technology Consulting, TX
DOTmed certified
DM100
Gordon Schoppe, KEI Medical Imaging Service, TX
Larry Knight, Altima Diagnostic Imaging Solutions, TX
DOTmed certified
Curtis Hagg, Vivid Imaging, VA
John Daniels, Radon Medical Imaging, WV

International
Andreas Miller, Noras MRI Products GmbH, Germany
Haluk Aktas, Penta Technic, Turkey
Fatih Dilmen, Abakus Adv. Tech. Ltd., Turkey

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