Sit Down Mri

An open upright mri scanner is an alternative for patients who are claustrophobic cannot lie down due to pain or whose size prevents them from being evaluated in a traditional mri scanner.

Sit down mri.

Washington open mri is a pioneer in providing patients with an alternative to cramped noisy and uncomfortable mri examinations. Often an upright or stand up mri sit down mri position is the only position in which the patient s symptoms occur. Our mri scan is 70 quieter than other mris and is designed to scan patients in a variety of positions including standing sitting bending and laying down. Standing or sitting mri.

The same is true of the gi tract and the spine and joints including hips knees and ankles. In addition they are able to watch. Mri can lead to early detection and treatment of disease and in many instances eliminate the need for more risky procedures such as exploratory surgery or biopsy. Sit back relax and watch tv.

The new machines come very close to matching those seen in a closed mri. Our open mri systems make it possible for you. These still require a patient to lie down but do not completely enclose the patient. Unlike many other mri scanners ours are quiet comfortable and non claustrophobic.

You can watch tv during the scan and actually hear it too. Thermography formally known as digital infrared thermographic imaging thermography is radiation free and employs state of the art technology to identify and monitor a number of. Certain cardiovascular and neurological disorders exhibit their symptoms primarily when the patient is upright. As the only mri capable of scanning patients in weight bearing positions the stand up mri has detected problems that.

There is no part of the machine in front of the patient s face to make them feel claustrophobic or anxious. The world s most comfortable mri the world s most friendly mri scanner our scanners are all totally open mris there are no tunnels and no tubes. Comfort is a very important part of patient care. The stand up mri with position imaging also known as the upright multi position mri is the only mri scanner that allows patients to be scanned in any position including standing sitting bending or lying down.