INTERVIEW // MAGNETIC RESONANCE // Vantage Orian, MR theatre
The MR Theatre Offers a Greater Sense of Escape and Improves Imaging Quality Canon Medical's groundbreaking MR technology, offers greater ease and comfort to patients undergoing MRI examinations. Pascal Dacher discusses the benefits this technology has had on its patients at the GIE IRM Medical Imaging Center Beauvais (Centre d'Imagerie Médicale du Beauvaisis), France, where the equipment has recently been installed.
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he Medical Imaging Center in Beauvais, northern France, treats all MR requests for all types of clinical applications except cardiology. “We perform osteopathy, neurology, oncology, women’s imaging, and pediatrics examinations,” Mr. Dacher said.
From left to right: Mr. Pascal Dacher (Health Manager), Ms. Emilie Montfort, Ms. Virginie Boulanger, Mr. Cyril Dadier (Radiographers), GIE IRM Medical Imaging Center Beauvais (Centre d'Imagerie Médicale du Beauvaisis), France.
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A main challenge in clinical practice is to secure imaging diagnosis, particularly in anxious, claustrophobic and pediatric patients, who are traditionally more difficult to scan.
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To tackle this issue, the team has recently installed two Canon Medical Vantage Orian large aperture MR systems, one of which is equipped with the MR theatre.
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It has been shown that performing examinations in relaxed, cooperative patients improves image quality and diagnosis. Feeling at ease helps patients lie still during the examination.
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