There is a new innovation in the world of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. It is specially designed for breast scans and has made the entire examination more enduring and comforting due to its compact, open design that has a diameter of only 70 centimeters, while the magnet bore is 10 centimeters wider as compared to most conventional systems.
This new innovation is a product of Siemens and was named Magnetom Espree-Pink. This 1.5-Tesla system is the shortest system available on the market today. With this breakthrough, patients can be positioned either feet-first or head-first and the scanner can also offer sufficient space for adipose patients.
Furthermore, the flexible “Sentinelle Vanguard for Siemens” coil solution makes both imaging and biopsies possible by only using a coil. Also, the coil can be optimally adapted to the different breast sizes of various patients due to its variable coil geometry (VCG). Excellent image quality is attained through an improved signal-to-noise ratio and with the help of eight RF channels.
Source: EH Online
They are making so many advances in this area of technology – fascinating how the advances here are helping so many people!