Siemens Healthineers (ETR:SHL) announced today that it received FDA clearance for the Magnetom Free.Max magnetic resonance (MR) scanner.
Malvern, Pa.-based Siemens Healthineers developed the High-V MR scanner to combine a 0.55 Tesla field strength with deep learning technologies and advanced image processing to broaden the range of MR clinical applications, according to a news release.
The company touts the Magnetom Free.Max as the first and only 80 cm wide-bore system available, while the platform also facilitates MR scanning for extremely obese and claustrophobic patients.
Siemens Healthineers said that, at 3.5 tons and less than 80 inches tall, the MR scanner is the “most lightweight, compact whole-body scanner” the company has ever offered, with the reduced size permitting installation with minimal structural modifications. It uses less than 1 liter of helium, compared to the standard of several hundred liters, the company added.
The company’s Deep Resolve set of algorithms combine with the Magnetom Free.Max to perform targeted denoising, with deep learning offering sharper, higher-resolution images. Siemens’ myExam Companion workflow solution incorporates elements of AI to help the user navigate the examination in a more efficient manner.
“Siemens Healthineers is proud to offer the Magnetom Free.Max, which brings MR to new clinical fields with innovative digital technology, new siting features, and image quality that was once realized only at higher field strengths,” Siemens Healthineers North America VP of magnetic resonance Jane Kilkenny said in the release. “The scanner’s comparatively low weight and size can open the door to MR utilization in orthopedic centers, emergency rooms, outpatient centers, and even intensive care units.”