Lower magnetic field and larger opening allows patients with implanted devices, claustrophobia or obesity to receive MRI (IMAGE)

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Lower magnetic field and larger opening allows patients with implanted devices, claustrophobia or obesity to receive MRI

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MRI technologist Heather Hermiller collaborates with Orlando Simonetti during an MRI at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Simonetti’s research was instrumental in designing a new FDA-approved MRI machine that expands access to patients who cannot get into traditional MRI machines.

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