Signa 7.0T (MRT-scanner)

2020: Announcement of Signa 7.0T - The MRT-scanner which is 5 times more powerful than competitors

In the middle of August, 2020 GE Healthcare provided the new MRT-scanner at a virtual meeting of the International society of use of magnetic and resonant technologies in medicine (ISMRM). According to developers, Signa 7.0T should eliminate restrictions of the existing MRT-systems due to use of magnetic technology of a superstrong field which provides five times big power, than the majority of other devices.

The scanner has an opening with a diameter of 60 cm that is especially important for visualization of neurodegenerative diseases and damages of extremities. Besides, Signa 7.0T is supplied with technology of the gradient GE UltraG field, technology of visualization GE Silent Scan and the platform of the GE SignaWorks applications with AIRx for automatic positioning of cuts.

In addition to Signa 7.0T, GE Healthcare provided two new devices on ISMRM 2020: The MRT-scanner of 3 T Signa UHP of ultrahigh performance and a system for inspection of the head under the name Microstructure Anatomy Gradient for Neuroimaging with Ultrafast Scanning (Magnus).

The announcement of Signa 7.0T - the powerful MRT-scanner

Signa UHP 3T includes many Signa 7.0T functions, but provides the smaller power of a field. By calculations of the company, the scanner will be available to the research centers with the different budget.

The Magnus system is used within the research conducted by the Research center GE and the University of law enforcement agencies (USU) under financing of the U.S. Department of Defense. Within the research the military personnel with a sharp and chronic craniocereberal injury of light severity will be inspected.

According to developers, the Magnus system works in the ranges from 500 to 700 T/m / with and from 200 to 300 millitesla/meter (mt/m) whereas normal scanners use the ranges of 200 T/m / with and from 50 to 80 mt/m^[1]

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