MR News & Stories

From 2.5 weeks to 2 days: MRI patient access transformed.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard of imaging diagnostics in many medical fields. But it is still far from always being readily available – even where it would be the best option. Technological progress is rapid. The next generation MRI could look very different. 

The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an exciting story of innovation spanning four decades – if not several centuries – and two Nobel prizes. But the fact that MRI scanners are now used in patient care all over the world is also thanks to industrial research and development.

Our new column “Point of View” picks up trends and developments in healthcare. In this first edition, Greg Freiherr comments on the advent of AI in the medical world – and how he learned to embrace it.

Fast MRI sequences can avoid the need for sedation or anesthesia, and are thus particularly useful for young and uncooperative patients. Read more in this case series.

Thanks to a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, Aarau Cantonal Hospital has been able to broaden its diagnostic spectrum, speed up the scanning process, improve working conditions, and make exams more comfortable and convenient for patients. The hospital’s radiologists are now fully equipped to meet the challenges of the future.

A 42-year-old female with shortness of breath and atypical thoracical pain was referred to the MR unit for adenosine stress CMR to exclude significant coronary artery disease. The patient anatomy did not allow stress echocardiography and ionizing radiation was avoided due to her age.

Multidisciplinary use of four new Hybrid Operating Theatres enables Sahlgrenska University Hospital to perform safer and more advanced procedures with high-end technology.