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Why Should I Refer My Patients To Decatur Open MRI and the Aries Elite?
A traditional MRI may be difficult for patients for a variety of reasons, including claustrophobia, obesity, large body build or anxiety. In fact, hospitals using traditional MRI are unable to perform procedures on approximately 10 percent of their patients, while the other 90 percent find the procedure extremely uncomfortable and intimidating. Some patients even require pre-medication to endure the experience. Decatur Open MRI is proud to offer you the latest in diagnostic performance and patient comfort utilizing the Hitachi AIRES Elite Open MRI. The patient-oriented AIRES Elite system provides a comfortable environment for your patients during imaging examinations. It has an award-winning open gantry design with an asymmetric two-post architecture that offers the patient a non-claustrophobic environment. The open design easily accommodates not only claustrophobic patients, but also those who are larger-than-average or non-ambulatory or as well. The spacious opening also provides the attending MR technician toe ability to directly attend to patients with access to them on all four sides.
The Elite features a padded patient table, which is power-driven in three directions to aid in loading patients or transferring from wheelchairs. The table is extra-wide and strong enough to support very large patients. To further ensure comfort and continence, a two-way intercom system and a technologist alert system provide communication between the tech and the patient during the exam as well. Your patients will thank you for sending them to our comfortable, easy to assess, non-intimidating facility.
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What Advantages Do Decatur Open MRI and the Aries Elite Provide For Me Clinically?
In your clinical practice, we realize to the quality of the images is extremely important to you and your patients. ARIES Elite combines the open design with the powerful .3T field strength and an advanced magnet technology for superior image quality, patient throughput and clinical capabilities previously not possible at mid-field. Your images are then easily available to access by the PACS system with a 24 hour turn around period. You gain the diagnostic edge of the most current technology and your patients will be happy you sent them to a non-intimidating easy to assess facility. Simply put, ARIES Elite offers an ideal combination of image quality and patient comfort, satisfying physicians and patients.
More specifically, ARIES Elite has a fast and powerful gradient system, with 21m T/m gradient amplitude and 55T/m/s slew rate enabling it to perform clinical imaging capabilities. Including RF-Fat Saturation for enhanced visualization of cartilage and ligaments and MR angiography techniques with exceptional vascular detail. ARIES Elite achieves sub-millimeter resolution imaging essential for distinguishing intricate anatomy such as cranial nerves and nerve roots. Additionally, ARIES Elite provides short acquisition times, which reduce patient motion and increase the potential for excellent image quality.
Orthopedic Imaging Capabilities at Decatur Open MRI
We are all aware that MRI offers one of the best of all imaging modalities because of its excellent contract differentiation between muscle, fat, vessels, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, cortical bone and marrow bone space. MRI also displays fine delineation of soft tissue and bony tumors and it’s useful in detecting avascular necrosis of bone, particularly of the hip. High-resolution knee imaging techniques provide unparalleled detail of the menisci, ligaments, and cruciate. MR imaging is well suited for the evaluation of ligaments, muscle and bony abnormalities of the shoulder without the need for painful invasive procedures. MRI demonstrates similar advantages in imaging other complex anatomy such as the elbow, wrist, foot an ankle due to its multi-planar imaging capability, its sensitivity to soft tissue and bone disease processes and its ability to identify dislocations and fractures. All these capabilities are now available to patients in Decatur in an open MR, centrally located and easy to park and access center.