The Hitachi Echelon is a high-performance short-bore 1.5T MRI Scanner with high homogeneity and integrated shim coil
Hitachi Echelon Overview
Hitachi’s Echelon 1.5T is a premiere value in MRI. A reliable imaging tool, Echelon delivers excellent image quality and RF fat saturation with workflow advantages in patient setup, motion compensation, and image processing. With the short-bore gantry and small footprint, Echelon offers a simple solution for customer’s upgrading or replacing equipment.
A staple of performance in many imaging centers, Echelon has established a long track record of operational reliability along with patient comfort and safety.
Benefits
Patient Management Echelon’s short bore and wide aperture provide an inviting patient environment. The large, high-capacity patient table comfortably supports a broad range of body types. More than nine feet of table travel enables feet-first patient entry for all exams.
Vertex II Computer Parallel processing ensures fast scan/reconstruction while maintaining true multi-tasking for maximum operator productivity and patient throughput.
Siting Echelon’s design attributes make it accommodating to existing facilities and easily planned into new construction. As an acknowledged leader in imaging placements, Hitachi offers a wealth of site planning experience and a proven system for efficient siting, installation, and start-up.
Features
- 1.5 Tesla high-field MRI.
- Short-bore, super-conductive magnet.
- High homogeneity.
- Zero-boil-off technology.
- 34mT/m 150T/m/s gradients.
- Scalable RF systems up to 16 channels
- Integrated multiple coil connectors.
- Feed first examinations for all body regions.
