How to get the gain without the pain in shift to 3T MR:Cleveland's MetroHealth ramps from 1.5T in four days after staff trains on lower strength platform

摘要

With its add-on software and higher performance coils, field-upgradeable MR scanners are the lifeblood of the imaging community. But systems with upgradeable fields are rare.Philips Healthcare debuted the idea at RSNA 2006, touting its Achieva XR as the first and, so far, only 1.5T product that can be upgraded in the field to 3T. Thirty-nine of these multifield systems have been put in place since the devices unveiling. Philips argued that its Achieva XR can serve as a kind of insurance policy against obsolescence. Customers not ready to take the leap to 3T, Philips said, can use the Achieva XR at 1.5T indefinitely with the assurance that a higher field strength is just an upgrade away.