High Field Open Bore MRI

Increasing efficiency and patient convenience, Southeast Medical Imaging's High Field Open Bore, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system makes it easier for large patients and those with claustrophobia to have a MRI examination while still producing higher quality images. This will potentially reduce the need to repeat and interrupt exams.

Since two-thirds of American adults are overweight, the health-care industry is challenged to accommodate larger patients with imaging systems that were designed for people who weigh much less. Currently, patients too large to fit inside the bore of a high-field MRI magnet have image studies done in open MRI systems with low-field magnets. This limits the diagnostic usefulness of the images obtained. The higher the field strength, the better the quality of images produced. Our High Field Open Bore MRI, can accommodate larger patients without sacrificing image quality.

Claustrophobic patients present another challenge for MRI systems. They can be sedated, adding to their inconvenience and the time it takes to schedule and perform an exam. Our High field Open Bore MRI features an opening of nearly 2.3 feet in diameter and almost one foot of free space between a patient's head and the magnet. This allows more than 60 percent of exams to be completed with the patient's head outside the opening, helping to ease claustrophobia.

PET/CT

CT (Computed Tomography) creates images with anatomical detail, however shows nothing of the living processes taking place in the body. PET (Positron Emission Tomography) images reveal much about the biology and metabolism in the body, but lack the detail to pinpoint the exact location of these processes. PET/CT together provides anatomically detailed information where a CT scan is merged with the biological function recorded by the PET scanner to form a biograph - an image that records living tissues and life processes. 

PET/CT allows physicians to detect a tumor and know it's location. The entire PET/CT examination is generally performed in less than one hour and provides comprehensive diagnostic information quickly to facilitate efficient interpretation of results.

Benefits

• earlier diagnosis
• accurate staging and localization
• precise treatment
• patient monitoring
• patient outcomes are enhanced
• unnecessary procedures are avoided
• provides early detection of the recurrence of cancer, revealing tumors that may otherwise be obscured by the scarring that results from surgery and radiation therapy, particularly in the head and neck. 

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