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TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS MRI: Playing the Field (Strength) While 1.5T system installations remain popular, 3T units are gaining force. On the RSNA ﬂoor, vendors are enhancing both ﬁeld strengths, aimed at speeding exam time and improving image resolution and coil technology. Vendors are displaying new imaging systems and advanced visualization software targeting breast MRI. MRI-speciﬁc applications for neurology, cardiology and orthopedic imaging also will be on display. Bracco’s MultiHance MRI contrast agent GE’s Signa MR750 3T system Medrad’s Continuum MR Infusion system Aurora Imaging Technology (Booth 423) is unveiling AuroraEdge, exclusive to its 1.5 Tesla dedicated breast MRI system. The technology improves image resolution and reduces artifacts, resulting in images of both breasts, axillae, chest wall and mediastinum in a single bilateral scan. AuroraEdge’s features include 3D image reconstruction matrix; 0.7 mm slice thickness; and offers isotropic true 0.7 mm resolution in all three planes. Bracco Diagnostics (Booth 2845), along with ACIST Medical Systems, is showing a portfolio of imaging agents and delivery systems, such as MultiHance—indicated for intravenous use in MRI of the central nervous system in adults to visualize lesions with abnormal blood brain barrier or abnormal vascularity of the brain, spine and associated tissues. Covidien (Booth 9113) is featuring its updated Optistar Elite injector with its unit-dose Ultraject preﬁlled contrast media syringes to help reduce the risk of certain medication-dispensing and mislabeling errors. The Patency Check feature is programmed to deliver a 10 mL saline injection while the clinician examines the patient’s injection site. GE Healthcare (Booth 5529) is demonstrating its Signa MR750 3T system, equipped with powerful gradients, new work ow features and a Thermal Management System. 48 Health Imaging & IT | November 2008 Lava-Flex is a dual-echo acquisition technique that provides detailed, 3D abdominal images in one breath-hold, and allows the user to select the output image types. Vibrant-Flex is a new application that allows for fat-free breast imaging with high spatio-temporal resolution. The application catches short in- and out-of phase echoes to keep scan times comparable to single echo acquisitions. Propeller 2.0 enables performance in all imaging planes with the implementation of the No Phase Wrap (NPW) technique, allowing motion-immune scans in sagittal, coronal, axial and oblique planes. Hitachi Medical Systems America (Booth 2629) is highlighting its Oasis High-Field MR Solutions with an open magnet, along with two new products: the HI Vision 900 platform and the HI Vision 5500. The HI Vision 900 platform is for radiology, and the HI Vision 5500 is geared toward specialty areas. The High Field Echelon also has two new conﬁgurations, the XL and XLS. Medis Medical Imaging Systems (Booth 3338) is presenting its measurement software portfolio for neuroradiology and a new version of QMass MR, with functionality for contour detection of the right ventricle in cardiac MRI. QBrain calculates volumes and lesion changes in brain MRI, supporting automatic and manual 3D registration. HealthImaging.com http://www.HealthImaging.com

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