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From GE Healthcare;
www.gehealthcare.com/usen/mr/profilei/index.html the New Signa Profile/i is a patient friendly open MRI system that virtually eliminates patient anxiety and claustrophobia, without compromising diagnostic utility.
Device Information and Specification
CLINICAL APPLICATION Whole body
CONFIGURATION Open MRI
SURFACE COILS Integrated transmit body coil, body flex sizes: M, L, XL, quadrature, head coil quadrature, 4 channel neurovascular array, 8 channel CTL array, quad. c-spine, 2 channel shoulder array, extremity coil, 3 channel wrist array, 4 channel breast array, 6 & 9 & 11 inch general purpose loop coils
SPECTROSCOPY No
SYNCHRONIZATION Standard cardiac gating, ECG/peripheral, respiratory gating
PULSE SEQUENCES Standard: SE, IR, 2D/3D GRE and SPGR, Angiography: 2D/3D TOF, 2D/3D phase contrast;; 2D/3D FSE, 2D/3D FRFSE, FGRE and FSPGR, SSFP, FLAIR, EPI, optional: 2D/3D Fiesta, fat/water separation, T1 FLAIR
IMAGING MODES Localizer, single slice, multislice, volume, fast, POMP, multi slab, cine, slice and frequency zip, extended dynamic range, tailored RF
TR 6 to 12000 msec in increments of 1 msec
TE 1.3 to 2000 msec in increments of 1 msec
SINGLE/MULTI SLICE Simultaneous scan and reconstruction;; 80 images/second reconstruction
FOV 3cm to 40 cm continuous
SLICE THICKNESS 2D: 2.7mm - 20mm 3D: 0.2mm - 5mm
DISPLAY MATRIX 1280 x 1024
MEASURING MATRIX 128x512 steps 32 phase//freq.
PIXEL INTENSITY 256 gray levels
SPATIAL RESOLUTION 0.08 mm; 0.02 mm optional
MAGNET TYPE Permanent
BORE DIAMETER
or W x H
120 x 44 cm
MAGNET WEIGHT 10,000 kg w/gradient enclosure
H*W*D 147 x 214 x 193 cm
POWER REQUIREMENTS 200 - 480, 3-phase
COOLING SYSTEM TYPE None required
CRYOGEN USE
FIELD STRENGTH 0.2 T
STRENGTH 15 mT/m
5-GAUSS FRINGE FIELD 1.7 m/1.7 m
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Further Reading:
  Basics:
Signa Profile 0.2T, Introducing the Signa Profile/iOpen this link in a new window
Friday, 11 February 2005   by www.gehealthcare.com    
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Medical Imaging Technology RoadmapOpen this link in a new window
Wednesday, 19 October 2005   by www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov    
GE HealthcareMRI Resource Directory:
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www.gehealthcare.com GE Healthcare is the result of the merger between GE Medical and Amersham Health in Nov. 2004, after GE acquired Amersham Health for 9.5 billion in Oct. 2003. Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive of General Electric, said, 'Amersham's diagnostic pharmaceutical and life sciences business will add new, high growth platforms to GE Medical's diagnostic imaging, services and healthcare information technology businesses'. GE Healthcare, a UK company, is a unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE). GE Healthcare is a global leader in medical imaging, diagnostic imaging contrast agents, interventional procedures, healthcare services, and information technology. For more than 100 years, health care providers have relied on GE Medical Systems, now GE Healthcare, for high quality medical technology and productivity solutions. GE Healthcare, headquartered now at formerly seat of Amersham Health in Great Britain, operates facilities around the world. Global Operations include organizations on the Americas, Europe, and Asia, including India, Japan, Korea China, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Signa OpenSpeed™
Signa Ovation™
Signa Profile™

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SIGNA SP 0.5T™ Open Configuration
Signa Infinity 1.0T™

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CONTACT INFO PAGE www.gehealthcare.com/contact
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Further Reading:
  Basics:
GE Medical's new name: GE HealthcareOpen this link in a new window
Friday, 6 February 2004   by milwaukee.bizjournals.com    
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MR Surgical Suite, Improving surgical procedure quality Open this link in a new window
Friday, 11 February 2005   by www.gehealthcare.com    
RSNA update on new MRI technology(.pdf)Open this link in a new window
February 2006   by www.magnet-mri.org    
MR Guided Focused Ultrasound, ExAblate 2000 - Non-invasive MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Uterine FibroidsOpen this link in a new window
Friday, 11 February 2005   by www.gehealthcare.com    
MRI's inside storyOpen this link in a new window
Thursday, 4 December 2003   by www.economist.com    
GE Healthcare, Insightec Sign Worldwide Sales and Marketing Agreement for ExAblate 2000 Focused Ultrasound System Non-Invasively Treats Uterine Fibroids; System Powered by GE Healthcare EquipmentOpen this link in a new window
Wednesday, 17 August 2005   by www.gehealthcare.com    
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