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high-ﬁeld open scanners; and solutions to assist customers in capturing clinical market share. Philips has expanded its SmartExam application, an automated MR planning, scanning and processing tool to encompass new anatomy. The company’s 16-channel Achieva 1.5T, in concert with optimal SENSE (sensitivity encoding for fast MRI) technology and dedicated coils, enables better coverage, higher resolution, fewer artifacts, and faster scan times. Philips also has several offerings to help build MRI service lines. Among the highlights are: ÿ The Achieva XR, a MRI scanner that is installed at 1.5T, but can be “ramped up” to 3T without replacing the magnet. ÿ Philips’ system utilization service, which provides detailed analysis of scanner usage. ÿ The Panorama HFO MRI system, which provides customers with competitive differentiation through its combination of open design for patient comfort and high ﬁeld strength. ÿ The Achieva 3.0T X-series, which enables users to offer differentiating high ﬁeld strength imaging while expanding the clinical applications they offer into emerging areas. Resonance Technology (Booth 2951) is introducing TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW its CinemaVision audio-video entertainment systems for MRI devices. CinemaVision features a more powerful audio phone integrated into its lightweight audio-video headset, enhanced noise cancellation technology, and a resolution of 240,000 pixels for each of the two displays. The entire headset ﬁts within the MRI coil. As part of its fMRI technology, Resonance Technology is debuting a 1,000 Hz MRI eye tracker camera, complete with proprietary data analysis software used with the ﬁrm’s VisuaStim audio-visual stimulation module. The company also is unveiling the next generation of its funcLAB turnkey fMRI solution. The offering combines complete functional imaging task presentation featuring high-quality 3D graphics and sound capabilities with fully automated data processing, eliminating complex, time-intensive manual data analysis. Siemens Medical Solutions (Booth 7713) is debuting its Magnetom Essenza 1.5-Tesla high-ﬁeld MRI system. The Magnetom Essenza features a zero helium boiloff magnet to ensure maximum uptime and is targeted for the small hospital and imaging center market. The Magnetom Essenza supports a range of clinical applications, including neurology, orthopedics, body imaging, angiography, cardiology, breast imaging, oncology and pediatric imaging. The device has up to 25 integrated coil elements and eight independent RF channels, V-engine gradients (30 mT/m), and incorporates Siemens’ Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology that can help boost patient throughput. The system also features Siemens’ newest coil innovation, the IsoCenter Matrix coil, which is placed in the isocenter of the magnet, meaning that it is always in position and ready to scan. The IsoCenter Matrix coil also can be used in ﬂexible combinations with anterior coils and works as a 140-cm coil in multi-step exams to avoid repositioning. Toshiba America Medical Systems (Booth 7130) is a range of features to its FuncLAB automated functional MRI (fMRI) image data processing system and Siemens: Magnetom Essenza 1.5T MRI previewing its 3-Tesla MR system as a work in progress as well as demonstrating system enhancements to its Vantage Atlas 1.5T MRI systems. At the core of Toshiba’s new 3T product is a new magnet design that combines a short bore with high homogeneity. In addition, the new system features Toshiba’s Pianissimo technology, which reduces noise, solving one of the primary concerns facing 3T imaging. The company also is demonstrating enhancements to its Vantage Atlas 1.5T MRI system—a short-bore, multi-channel system with a large clinical ﬁeld-of-view. The Atlas design is a 128-element system with an integrated coil concept that allows clinicians to perform multiple exams without repositioning coils, resulting in more comfortable exams and enhanced workﬂow. All Toshiba’s Vantage systems include software for contrast-free MR angiography (MRA) procedures with three proprietary Toshiba techniques: fresh blood imaging (FBI), contrast-free improved angiography (CIA), and Time-SLIP. HealthImaging.com 48 N O V E M B E R 2 0 07 | Health Imaging & IT Toshiba: Vantage Atlas 1.5T MRI http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT November 2007 RSNA 360 Table of Contents Table of Contents On the Web: HealthImaging.com The Enterprise: Imaging & IT = Knowledge News Update RSNA 360: Technology Previews RSNA 360: PACS RSNA 360: PACS Peripherals RSNA 360: Reading Services RSNA 360: Voice Recognition & Reporting RSNA 360: Furniture RSNA 360: CT RSNA 360: Molecular Imaging RSNA 360: Advanced Visualization RSNA 360: MRI RSNA 360: Ultrasound RSNA 360: Health IT RSNA 360: Cardiac Imaging RSNA 360: Digital X-ray RSNA 360: Women’s Imaging RSNA 360: CAD RSNA 360: Data Storage & Archiving RSNA 360: Displays RSNA 360: Oncology Imaging PACS & the EHR: Users Love the Link Lung CAD: A Power Tool in the Imaging Toolset Special Section: RIS/PACS: Efficiency Gains through Integration Fine-Tuning Breast Imaging Workflow Peace of Mind: Long-term Archives that Deliver QA in Medical Displays: Two Approaches CPOE: Wonders in Workflow Emergency Imaging in Flux Reader's Resource Stat Sheet

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