CareersInvestor RelationsPress RoomCOVID-19
  1. Home
  2. Medical Imaging
  3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  4. Open Bore MRI Scanners
  5. MAGNETOM Altea
MAGNETOM Altea

MAGNETOM AlteaConfidence to deliver

MAGNETOM Altea is the new 1.5T Open Bore system that gives you full confidence to deliver the productivity, reproducibility, and patient satisfaction that you demand in MRI. Powered by our premium MR technology, MAGNETOM Altea combines our unique BioMatrix technology, the new syngo MR XA software platform and our exclusive Turbo Suite to fundamentally transform care delivery.

Features & Benefits

MAGNETOM AlteaNew Turbo SuiteGO technologiesInnovative service offeringsNew 1.5T magnetsyngo Virtual CockpitBioMatrix TunersBioMatrix technologyDot EnginesCoil portfolioInnovision
    MAGNETOM Altea

    Deliver productivity gains

    MAGNETOM Altea is designed with productivity written in its DNA. At the core of its impressive acquisition speed lies our exclusive Turbo Suite. And with the clear goal to reduce the overall patient time slot, MAGNETOM Altea offers further remarkable innovations to boost workflow efficiency. Powered by GO technologies, supported by AI, and with our innovative BioMatrix technology, numerous time-consuming workflow steps are significantly reduced through automation, providing you with full confidence to deliver productivity gains.

    MAGNETOM Altea

    Deliver reproducible results

    MAGNETOM Altea is the key to a superior standard of consistent diagnostic results across your institution. With our eight unique Dot Engines and the innovative BioMatrix Tuners, highly standardized and reproducible scan results are consistently achieved. Striving also for consistency across your entire MR system fleet, our unified syngo MR XA software platform and the game-changing syngo Virtual Cockpit3 are the key to unleashing your institution’s huge potential, providing you with full confidence to deliver reproducible results.

    MAGNETOM Altea

    Deliver patient satisfaction

    MAGNETOM Altea puts patients at greater ease. Through Innovision2 – the revolutionary in-bore infotainment and noise cancellation solution – patient anxiety is replaced with confidence and comfort. And with our unique patient-centered coil portfolio powered by BioMatrix and Tim 4G technology, preparation and scanning are considerably simplified and shortened, providing you with full confidence to deliver patient satisfaction.

    Clinical Use

    1/13
    Neurology03
    Orthopedics05
    Abdominal Imaging03
    Whole-Body Imaging02
    T2 TSE SMS

    T2 TSE SMS with Turbo Suite Excelerate

    Turbo Suite Excelerate is a paradigm shift in productivity with up to 50%1 time savings for complete exams. It includes our unique acceleration technologies Simultaneous Multi-Slice and Compressed Sensing6 for static 2D and 3D imaging, for neurological, orthopedic, and body MRI.
    • BioMatrix Head/Neck 20
    T2 TSE SMS
    RESOLVE diffusion
    T2 TSE
    L-Spine
    50 cm z-FoV
    GOKnee3D
    Knee imaging
    Shoulder imaging
    Respiratory triggering
    Respiratory triggering
    Respiratory triggering
    Whole-body imaging
    Whole-Body Dot Engine
    1/13

    Technical Specifications

    Magnet System

    Field strength

    1.5 Tesla

    Bore size

    70 cm Open Bore design

    Helium consumption

    Zero Helium boil-off technology

    Gradient strength

    XJ gradients 33/125 simultaneously [1.3 MVA]

    RF technology

    Maximum number of channels4

    180

    Number of independent receiver channels that can be used simultaneously in one single scan and in one single FoV, each generating an independent partial image

    32

    Power consumption

    Eco-Power technology

    Siting and Installation

    System length from cover to cover

    1.57 m

    System weight (in operation)

    4.2 tons

    Minimum room size5

    28 m²

    1
    Data on file.
    2
    Innovision™ is still under development and not yet commercially available. Its future availability cannot be guaranteed.
    3

    syngo Virtual Cockpit is not commercially available yet in all countries. Its future availability cannot be guaranteed.

    Precondition: Expert-i enabled modality from Siemens Healthineers.

    4
    Channels (coil elements) that can be connected simultaneously.
    5
    Minimum total space requirements for magnet, electronics, and console room.
    6
    Still under development for MAGNETOM Altea and not yet commercially available. Its future availability cannot be guaranteed.
    7
    Achieved on a MAGNETOM Altea with Tx/Rx Knee 18.