For Immediate Release
April 14, 2011
Contact: Linda Zanelli (Marketing Director)
Valley Open MRI & Diagnostic Center
Phone: (570) 283-0348

Valley Open MRI & Diagnostic Center Acquires Toshiba’s New Vantage Titan™ MRI System

	Accommodates patients of all sizes. 70% of exams can be performed feet first! Reduces claustrophobia and anxiety. Pianissimo noise reduction technology - noise levels reduced by 90%.

Vantage Titan Improves Patient Care with Large Bore, Reduced Noise and Extended Field-of-View with Increased Homogeneity

Valley Open MRI & Diagnostic Center has acquired the latest in MRI technology by installing the new Vantage Titan™ from Toshiba. The new open-bore of the 1.5T Vantage Titan MRI system is 18 percent larger than other 1.5T systems on the market and features a large 71-centimeter patient aperture, outstanding homogeneity, and the largest available clinical field-of-view (FOV) of 55 x 55 x 50 centimeters, providing the highest level of patient care and diagnostic capability in MR imaging.

“The Toshiba Vantage Titan is a dramatic improvement over traditional open-bore 1.5T MR systems, as it offers the largest and widest bore available with a significant reduction in noise,” said Dr. Juan D. Gaia, President and Chief Radiologist, Valley Open MRI & Diagnostic Center. “The Vantage Titan’s large clinical Field of View is unique for this bore size and produces high-quality images without compromising homogeneity or overall imaging performance. In addition, the Vantage Titan’s bore size offers more space for patients inside the machine and limits MR acoustic noise using Toshiba’s patented PianissimoTM technology, which creates a better imaging experience for all patients, especially those with claustrophobia.”

The Vantage Titan’s patient-focused features significantly improve patient comfort and increase the range of patients who can be imaged with MR. The open bore provides a greater feeling of openness for the patient, and Toshiba’s patented Pianissimo technology dramatically reduces acoustic noise, the most significant cause of patient discomfort during an MR exam.

The Vantage Titan MR system also takes advantage of Toshiba’s proprietary, contrast-free MRA techniques – Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI), Contrast-free Improved Angiography (CIA), Time-Spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse (Time-SLIP) and Time and Space Angiography (TSA). Contrast-free imaging is particularly important because gadolinium, the most common contrast agent used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) exams, has been directly linked to a sometimes fatal disease that occurs in patients with renal insufficiency, called Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD).