invention by fonar corporation that allows patients to
assume the position which creates the pain for their MRI
scan. Most traditional MRI scans are performed with the
patient in the least painful position, ie. the position in which
the pathology may not be evident on MRI. The positional
MRI is a completely open unit that is extremely quiet,
permits the patient to sit or stand for the scan, and usually
the patient watches TV across the room. It accommodates
large patients due to the extra-heavy duty gantry, and
eliminates claustrophobia from the scan. The quality of the
scans is astonishing.
With only a 0.6T magnet,
the quality exceeds that
of recumbent MRI units
and challenges that of
traditional closed units.
For more info see the Fonar website
at www.fonar.com
