New MRI Technology

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Here are just a few of the benefits:

• Free-breathing, un-gated body studies
  Baptist Memphis is now able to perform successful studies on patients who have difficulty holding their breath – like elderly and pediatric patients. Therefore, the exam is easier to tolerate, faster, with images of higher quality than previously available.
• The new magnets are short bore
  Results in more tolerable exams for patients. Many exams can be performed with the patient's head outside of the scanner.
• Head studies so detailed that the inferior sagittal sinus stands out
  Data shows up to 40% improvement in signal to noise ratio, which means better image quality.
• MR Angio images that approach conventional angio resolution
• Vascular, cardiac, body, and MRI studies
  These are the fastest growing applications in MRI, and the most data-intensive. EXCITE technology improves data throughput by a factor of four – speed that can lessen the exam time and provides more accurate information.

GE EXCITE is the most significant advancement in MR in over a decade. To schedule an MR at Baptist-Memphis, ask your doctor to call (901) 226-5905.