The 0.55T Free.Max installed at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Photo Credit: OSU

Health USA7. February 2022

This Disease-Detecting Machine Accomodates More Patients Than Ever

Researchers affiliated with Ohio State University (OSU) have created a new and improved MRI machine that helps people with limitations – from pacemakers to claustrophobia – get much better access to the treatments they need.

“We believed we could use this technology to create a machine with a lower magnetic field strength and still get high-quality images,” says Orlando Simonetti, research director of cardiovascular magnetic resonance at OSU. “There’s no doubt in my mind that low-field MRI will play an important role in the future and will become more mainstream.”

OSU researchers teamed up with Siemens, a German prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment to develop the low-field 0.55T Free.Max scanner which has a magnetic field strength of 0.55 Tesla instead of 1.5 or 3.0 — accomodating patients with pacemaker or defibrillator — and an opening of 80 cm instead of 60 to 70 cm — meeting the needs of obese and claustrophobic patients alike.

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