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PHILIPS EXTENDS LEADERSHIP IN VIRTUALLY HELIUM-FREE MRI
At #ECR2024, the company also debuted Europe’s first mobile virtually helium-free MRI system.
The Philips BlueSeal MR mobile truck interior
Royal Philips announced a significant milestone as it expands access to virtually helium-free MRI to more patients in more places, with more than 1,000 systems now installed worldwide. As healthcare providers strive to deliver high-quality care to patients, at #ECR2024 Philips partnered with its customers to improve productivity and access to more sustainable healthcare.
Philips BlueSeal magnet is the industry's first 1.5T fully sealed magnet and requires only 0.5% of the helium of a conventional Philips MR system. By dramatically easing installation requirements and addressing helium scarcity, the Philips BlueSeal 1.5T magnet is helping more patients in diverse locations benefit from a technology that plays an essential role in diagnosing many of the world’s most prevalent diseases.
Philips BlueSeal technology is expanding the reach of MRI to places where it was previously too difficult to install and maintain, including remote and isolated locations, and those prone to tropical storms, earthquakes, and other geographical obstacles. With a magnet that’s 900kg lighter than a traditional system and doesn’t require a quench pipe – required for traditional MR systems to safely expel their large volume of helium out of a building quickly in case of an emergency – Philips MR systems equipped with BlueSeal magnets can be installed in places that were previously unthinkable.
Philips BlueSeal MRI magnet
First installed in 2018, Philips’ BlueSeal magnet is a proven and reliable technology that is rapidly reshaping patient access to MRI worldwide. Patients in remote island areas in Indonesia and Thailand, as well as those in areas at risk of earthquakes and volcanoes in Iceland and Japan, are already benefiting from the technology.
Philips is now bringing its innovation in virtually helium-free MRI to a mobile truck, with the first BlueSeal MR mobile unit developed in Europe for Denmark-based Agito Medical Imaging. MR systems equipped with Philips’ BlueSeal magnet technology have saved more than 1.9 million litres of helium since 2018.
Royal Philips announced a significant milestone as it expands access to virtually helium-free MRI to more patients in more places, with more than 1,000 systems now installed worldwide. As healthcare providers strive to deliver high-quality care to patients, at #ECR2024 Philips partnered with its customers to improve productivity and access to more sustainable healthcare.
Philips BlueSeal magnet is the industry's first 1.5T fully sealed magnet and requires only 0.5% of the helium of a conventional Philips MR system. By dramatically easing installation requirements and addressing helium scarcity, the Philips BlueSeal 1.5T magnet is helping more patients in diverse locations benefit from a technology that plays an essential role in diagnosing many of the world’s most prevalent diseases.
Philips BlueSeal technology is expanding the reach of MRI to places where it was previously too difficult to install and maintain, including remote and isolated locations, and those prone to tropical storms, earthquakes, and other geographical obstacles. With a magnet that’s 900kg lighter than a traditional system and doesn’t require a quench pipe – required for traditional MR systems to safely expel their large volume of helium out of a building quickly in case of an emergency – Philips MR systems equipped with BlueSeal magnets can be installed in places that were previously unthinkable.
Philips BlueSeal MRI magnet
First installed in 2018, Philips’ BlueSeal magnet is a proven and reliable technology that is rapidly reshaping patient access to MRI worldwide. Patients in remote island areas in Indonesia and Thailand, as well as those in areas at risk of earthquakes and volcanoes in Iceland and Japan, are already benefiting from the technology.
Philips is now bringing its innovation in virtually helium-free MRI to a mobile truck, with the first BlueSeal MR mobile unit developed in Europe for Denmark-based Agito Medical Imaging. MR systems equipped with Philips’ BlueSeal magnet technology have saved more than 1.9 million litres of helium since 2018.
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