MRI system UPRIGHT®

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Unfortunately, the overwhelmingly positive responses from patients to the extraordinary patient–friendly environment of the scanner, especially claustrophobic and very large patients, can overshadow the scanner´s most important feature – Multi-Position MRI imaging. The UPRIGHT® MRI is the only MRI scanner than can scan patients in any position, including sitting, standing, bending (for flexion and extension) or lying down. This unmatched feature is made possible by the scanner´s unique magnet configuration. With the opposing magnetic poles oriented vertically, the generous space between them accommodates a special motorized patient bed that can rotate the patient from recumbent to upright. Advantages of The FONAR Upright® Multi-Position™ MRI Symptom–Specific Positional Scanning–Only With The Fonar UPRIGHT® Multi-Position MRI Advanced design allows the FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI to scan your patients in the positions they experience their problems–sitting, standing, bending, leaning, as well as lying down. All other MRIs can only scan them while they´re lying down. Scanning With The Weight Of The Body On The Spine And Other Joints The UPRIGHT® allows all parts of the body to be imaged with the normal weight of your body on the spine and other joints–an advantage that leads to a more accurate diagnosis. Imaging your spine when it is fully loaded with the weight of your body, as compared to unloaded in a conventional lie–down MRI, is critical to an accurate diagnosis. As you can see by the following images, many back problems are “missed” when the spine is not bearing the weight of the body and not imaged in the positions the spine normally occupies.