MRI Scanners

If you’re worried about claustrophobic or antsy patients, the Stand Up Fonar MRI may just be the best bet for you If you’re worried about claustrophobic or antsy patients, the Stand Up Fonar MRI may just be the best bet for you. It allows the … Read more

Siemens is known for their dedication to patient comfort, and the Magnetom Concerto is a great example of this More and more doctors are interested in installing an Open MRI machine, for a ton of different reasons. It could be that they are concerned about … Read more

There aren’t many straight answers about Gradients and Slew Rates on the internet, let’s try to clear up some Some of the most common questions we receive here at Amber concern Gradients and Slew Rates for MRI Machines. Our customers want to know: What are … Read more

High Field MRI machines are the most common of the two, and are usually closed, low field MRIs are also called open We receive a number of questions here at Amber Diagnostics regarding the benefits and differences of High Field MRI machines and Low Field … Read more

Key differences and similarities between two used MRI 1.5T models We have witnessed phenomenal growth within the MRI industry, that provide greater tools allowing experts many opportunities to perform extensive studies. However, all MRI equipment is not created equal. Below is a precise chart which … Read more

Reforming access to Alzheimer’s treatments: The focus on beta amyloid positron emission tomography A Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine, better known as an MRI, has a long and complicated history, beginning in 1945. It all started when Swiss physicist named Felix Bloch conducted an experiment regarding … Read more

The GE Signa 1.5T Echospeed Plus and the Philips 1.5T Intera-Pulsar MRI are similar in many ways Two of the best 1.5T MRI systems to consider right now are the GE SIGNA 1.5T Echospeed PLUS and the Philips 1.5T INTERA-Pulsar. I discussed them with our MRI … Read more

If you perform MRI screenings for cancer, it helps you now have the opportunity to help a patient get a better and timely diagnosis It’s important to stay abreast of what are some of the particular concerns and risks of patients. A great example is … Read more

“End of Life” refers to systems out of production for well over 10 years When you hear the words end of life you know that you are about to lose a dear and loved piece of equipment. In diagnostic imaging, it’s no different when you … Read more

Finding new ways to improve the coil, MRI coils for older scanners are not really all that compatible with newer scanners The one piece of the MRI that’s vital to the modality is the coil. The coil determines the image quality in the end of the story. … Read more

MRI magnets needs to be cooled and with less helium to come by, what can be done? When you think of a scarce resource in the world you think of oil. As oil reserves become rarer, the price of oil goes up along with a … Read more

Toshiba’s patented technology significantly reduces the noise in and around the MRI environment One key to any machine out in the market today is patient comfort. When dealing with diagnostic imaging comfort can be a little difficult. The patient is in a dark, usually very small space, … Read more