Feature ANKE Siemens Philips GE Comments

SuperMark Magnetom Essenza Achieva Pulsar HP Signa HDe

Magnet:
Field 1.5 T 1.5 T 1.5 T 1.5 T
Strength
Magnet Field 40cm DSV≤0.17 ppm 40 cm dsv < 1.9 ppm 40 cm dsv < 0.35 ppm 40 cm dsv < 0.27 ppm
Homogeneity 30cm DSV≤0.058ppm 30 cm dsv < 1.1 ppm 30 cm dsv < 0.15 ppm 30 cm dsv < 0.06 ppm
(VRMS) 20cm DSV≤0.020ppm 20 cm dsv < 0.16 ppm 20 cm dsv < 0.07 ppm 20 cm dsv < 0.02 ppm
Active + Passive + Passive shim system Passive shim system during Active shim with 3 linear
Shimming
Dynamic during installation installation. channels
Stray Field 2.5m x 2.5m x 4.0m 2.4 m x 3.8 m 2.41 m x 3.81 m
0.5 mT Line
Zero Helium Yes Yes Yes Yes
Boil-off
technology
Magnet net 3800kg
weight(includ
ing 100%
liquid helium)
Patient Comfort and table design
Tunnel 605mm±5mm 600mm 600mm 600mm Claustrophobia is very
characteristic much “digital”. It is
Magnet Dual Control Panel Single Control Panel Single Control Panel Dual Control Panel simply “there” for some
Control patients who refuse to
Magnet 170cm 131cm 167cm 172cm get in to a cylindrical
Length bore. Shorter magnets
are largely a marketing
ploy
Min. Height 63cm 55cm 52cm 68.5cm
from floor to
Patient Table
Ventilation Yes, be able to adjust Yes Yes Yes
and Lighting
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Music Yes, be able to adjust Yes Yes. Yes
Connection
+ head
phones
Table ≤1mm 1mm 1mm 1mm
positioning
accuracy
Gradients
Peak
40mT/m 30mT/m 33 mT/m 23mT/m
amplitude
Slew Rate 150T/m/s 100T/m/s 100T/m/s 50T/m/s
Sequence Parameters:
min. 0.1mm 0.1mm 0.1mm 0.7mm Large Field of View is
Thickness 2D 0.05mm 0.05mm 0.05mm 0.1mm critical for body and spine
min. imaging. Philips magnet
Thickness 3D homogeneity only over
Field of View 500mm 300mm 500mm 480mm 450mm.
RF System
Receiver ≥1.6MHz / channel 1 MHz / channel 1 MHz / channel 1 MHz / channel
Bandwidth
Coil Tuning Not necessary Not necessary Not necessary Not necessary
Number of 8 / 16 8 8 8
channels
Coils:
Platform Multi-channel (16 TIM Coil Multi-channel (8 channels) Multi-channel (8
channels) Channels)
Head-Neck 16-Channel Yes Yes Yes
coil
Shoulder coil 16-Channel Yes, 8-Channel Yes, 8-Channel Yes,8-Channel
Body Coil 16 Channel Yes Yes Yes
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Knee Coil 8-Channel Yes Yes Yes
Wrist Coil 8- Channel(optional) Yes Yes Yes
Ankle coil 8- Channel(optional) Yes Yes Yes
Breast coil 8- Channel(optional) Yes Yes Yes
Host Computer:
Host DELL RISC based computer HP x8000 workstation
DEC Alpha with dual Xeon
processors
Host 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 2 GB
Computer
RAM Memory
Storage 1 TB 250 GB 9 GB (software) and 9 GB 36 GB
Capacity image storage
Operation WINDOWS 7 Windows Pro Windows Linux
Long-term DVD/USB DVD DVD DVD main system
Storage
Processor:
Re- 1500 fps 1000 fps 1000 fps 1200 fps
construction
Speed
256*256
matrix
Applications and Sequence Techniques:
SE, GRE, IR, Yes Yes Yes Yes
FLAIR, EPI
2D/3D MRA Yes Yes Yes Yes
T1 FLAIR Yes Yes. Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes DWI package is the
EchoPlus package that
Diffusion
allows isotropic diffusion
imaging.
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DICOM Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes, SCU & SCP (standard) Yes (standard)
Send / Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes, SCU & SCP (standard) Yes (standard)
Receive Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes (standard)
Query / Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes (standard)
Retrieve Yes (standard) Yes (standard) Yes (standard) RIS Yes (option
Basic Print / interface "ConnectPro")
Paper Print /
Worklist
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