Open magnetic resonance imaging

The typical design of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner means that the patient must be laid in a tube (such systems are referred to as closed MRI scanners). The market also offers "open MRI scanners", which enable the patient to be laid more comfortably.

The vast majority of patients do not mind being laid in the tube ( > 95%), but occasionally a patient cannot be examined in the tube because they suffer from claustrophobia or are obese. In such cases the patient can generally be examined without any problem in an "open MRI scanner".

Our practice has such an "open MRI scanner" (Panorama Philips) at Ridlerstrasse 37.

Thanks to the system we use (high-field MRI scanner with a field strength of 1.0T), excellent picture quality can also be achieved with the open system.

In contrast to the customary "low-field systems", the patient does not need to apply for the health insurance fund to bear the costs for an examination with our MRI scanner.

Examinations in the open MRI scanner take an average of around 20 minutes and no special preparation is required.

Since April 2011 we offer a new wide-board MRI scanner (Siemens Aera), wich will improve patients comfort and imaging quality.

The new design of a wide-board MRI includes a shortened magnet and a increased size of the tube. Therefore we will be able to perfome all diagnostic procedures in all patients, even if they are claustrophobic.