IASO Thessalias: New MRI Scanner with the Highest Diagnostic Accuracy

IASO Thessalias continues to invest in the technology of the future. At the only private hospital in Central Greece, the most advanced Siemens 3 TESLA Magnetom Vida MRI scanner has been installed and is now operational. This is the first Biomatrix biometric technology MRI scanner for personalized examinations, adapting to the requirements of each patient and ensuring top diagnostic results.

The MRI scanner represents the forefront of artificial intelligence and is designed to meet the most demanding diagnostic challenges. Particularly noteworthy is its ability to adapt to each patient’s body type, cardiac rhythm and respiratory rate, as well as any kind of movement. In this way, motion-related artifacts are minimized, assisting patients with special needs, such as claustrophobic individuals.

Advantages of this unique biometric MRI scanner include:

• Reduced examination time, being significantly faster, in some examinations by up to 50%. 
• Greater comfort, as in many examinations the patient’s head remains outside the machine. 
• Reduced noise during the examination. 
• Angiographic studies without contrast agent, suitable for patients with contraindications. 
• Image optimization, as special techniques eliminate artifacts in patients with metallic implants. 
• Greater resolution even in free-breathing examinations and dynamic studies (liver, heart, thorax). 
• Ease and speed of positioning for all patient types. 
• Early diagnosis of chondropathy before morphological alterations appear. 
• Evaluation of cardiac morphology even in patients with arrhythmias. 
• Pediatric protocols specifically designed for young patients. 
• Whole-body examinations for monitoring oncology patients. 
• Dynamic breast imaging for accurate staging using the TWIST technique. 

The state-of-the-art 3 Tesla MRI scanner at IASO Thessalias is already ready to serve both individuals requiring standard MRI examinations and patients and physicians needing highly specialized imaging studies, with greater imaging accuracy and less discomfort for the patient, quickly, easily and painlessly.