MR Musculoskeletal ImagingDiagnostic power of MR Imaging
For musculoskeletal conditions, MRI is favored for its superior soft-tissue contrast, essential for visualizing acute injuries and chronic degenerative diseases. Siemens Healthineers delivers innovative MRI technologies that provide reliable and fast results. Our broad coil portfolio, tailored Orthopedic scan protocols as well as automated workflows for the spine and large joints ensure consistent, high-quality images. Additionally, early detection of osteoarthritis can be supported with our quantitative knee cartilage assessment tools.
Highlights
Discover our diverse portfolio of advanced solutions for musculoskeletal conditions designed to unlock the full potential of diagnostic imaging.
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Deep Resolve
Unrivaled speed in MRI
Deep Resolve uses advanced algorithms for noise reduction and high-resolution MRI, that are specifically tailored for maximum productivity. Deep Resolve delivers our fastest MRI, delivering images of extraordinary clarity, higher clinical productivity, and a better patient experience.
Your benefits:
- Deep learning applications can increase image sharpness and resolution.
- Faster scans are more comfortable for patients and reduce the risk of image artifacts caused by motion, especially for those in pain.
- Accelerated MRI increases clinical productivity by raising patient throughput.
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Clinical Applications
Siemens Healthineers exclusive applications
At Siemens Healthineers MR, we are driven to deliver outstanding applications that shift the limits of MRI. The following exclusive features can only be found on our MRI machines and set you apart from competition.
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Simultaneous Multi-Slice (SMS) for TSE and BLADE
Simultaneous Multi-Slice speeds up imaging through the simultaneous excitation and readout of multiple slices.
It enables scan time reductions or higher spatial resolution imaging.
Benefits of Simultaneous Multi-Slice TSE:
- Scan time reduction as a factor of slice acceleration2
- Higher spatial resolution (thinner slices)
- Entire MSK exams can be performed in about half the time, enabling significantly shorter exam slots per patient can be combined with parallel imaging
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Clinical Focus Topics
Sports Medicine
People are becoming more active, leading to rapid growth in sports medicine. Since 2018, there has been a 5% annual increase in the number of distinct patients. In 2022 alone, 3.6 million sports-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms, predominantly involving the upper and lower extremities. MRI is crucial for diagnosing soft tissue damage and guiding treatment after concussions. For serious athletes, tools like cardiac MR might help mitigate life-threatening cardiovascular events.
Our MRI technology offers crucial insights into athlete injuries, providing detailed, radiation-free images of soft tissues, joints, and bones. From basketball's quick-direction changes to hockey's intense collisions, our various coils and comprehensive imaging techniques are relevant for all sports injuries. AI integration and automated workflows ensure fast results, while quantitative assessments enable confident treatment decisions and effective recovery monitoring.
- Fast and comfortable scans for all athletes using automated workflows and tailored/patient-centered coils to answer clinical questions on sports related injuries.
- Improved patient experience, extraordinary image clarity, and higher clinical productivity with AI-powered deep learning reconstruction Deep Resolve.
- Optimal athlete care with automated, quantitative knee cartilage assessment for monitoring cartilage loss.
Osteoarthritis
The degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis is characterized by a breakdown of cartilage over time. This leads to pain, loss of mobility, and decreased quality of life in patients.
It is a leading cause of disability globally, over 20% of adults 40+ suffering from osteoarthritis.
Monitoring the state of knee cartilage for these patients is possible but is cumbersome and time intensive.
Chondral Quant takes the complexity out of knee cartilage evaluation and increases efficiency and reproducibility of examinations. Osteoarthritis progression and treatment success can easily be monitored with Chondral Quant. With an early detection of osteoarthritis, therapy options can be adjusted, supporting patients to maintain excellent quality of life.
- Comprehensive and detailed reporting of cartilage findings with 21 sub-regions.
- Increase reading efficiency with automated and quantitative knee cartilage evaluation.
- Automatic generation of 3D visualization for effective communication with patients.
Chondral Quant is deployed on the OpenApps platform and can be hosted on syngo.via using VB60 and higher.
Clinical Practice
Siemens Healthineers‘ global MRI community MAGNETOM World offers peer-to-peer information, providing first-hand experiences from MAGNETOM users.
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Images courtesy of Diagnostikzentrum Graz, Study-ID: 2aaaa2010
Simultaneous Multi-Slice and Foot/ankle coil
Comfortable and fast ankle imaging
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Chondral Quant is not commercially available in all countries. Its future availability cannot be guaranteed.
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Note that scan time reduction is not an exact factor of slice acceleration due to a fast reference scan required for slice separation.
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The MRI restrictions (if any) of the metal implant must be considered prior to patient undergoing MRI exam. MR imaging of patients with metallic implants brings specific risks. However, certain implants are approved by the governing regulatory bodies to be MR conditionally safe. For such implants, the previously mentioned warning may not be applicable. Please contact the implant manufacturer for the specific conditional information. The conditions for MR safety are the responsibility of the implant manufacturer, not of Siemens Healthineers.