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Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | September 26, 2022
From the September 2022 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
At last year’s RSNA, Canon released its new Shape Coil, a multipurpose blanket coil with 16 elements that can be used for abdominal, pelvis, cardiac, and prostate and knee scans.
“It has a great deal of versatility and it’s very lightweight and user friendly,” said Mark Totina, managing director of marketing for the MR business unit for Canon Medical Systems.
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Esaote North America
Coming off the heels of FDA approval in February, Esaote North America announced in July it had completed the first installation of the Magnifico Open MRI system at the Sport Ortho Urgent Care clinic in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Inspired by customers and designed for the user, the Magnifico Open aims to bridge the gap between traditional musculoskeletal and whole-body imaging.
"We are thrilled to bring this pioneering technology to Sport Ortho Urgent Care," said Robert Lewis, president and general manager of Esaote North America, in a statement. “We look forward to a successful partnership and are excited for our new colleagues to experience the innumerable benefits the Magnifico Open will bring to patient care.”
Equipped with advanced technologies like Speed Up, True Motion, and Metal Artifact Reduction (MAR) for patients with metal implants, the Magnifico Open offers versatility in imaging across a wide range of clinical applications. Designed for patient comfort, the open gantry design is ideal for scanning claustrophobic patients, children, and large adults and has a compact footprint uniquely suited for hospitals, imaging centers, and in-office clinics.
GE Healthcare
Last fall, GE Healthcare unveiled the SIGNA Hero, a new 3.T scanner, named to honor the healthcare workers who supported their communities during the pandemic. The scanner comes with magnet technology capable of lowering helium usage up to 67%.
The SIGNA Hero also includes GE’s AIR Recon DL deep learning image reconstruction technology that the company says reduces exam time by 30, up to 50% and has been used on more than two million patients globally.
The company recently received approval by the FDA to expand the AIR Recon DL technology for 3D applications and for motion-corrected PROPELLER-based sequences, said Ioannis Panagiotelis, chief marketing officer for MR at GE Healthcare.
“Effectively, we’re expanding it from something like 70% coverage of the typical clinical protocols to at least 90%,” Panagiotelis said. “So even more patients will benefit from the solution.”
The company also unveiled the SIGNA Evo upgrade that allows facilities to upgrade their 60-centimeter bore to a 70-centimeter wide bore without changing the magnet and causing a backlog in exams.
