FUJIFILM India has installed the first-ever new MRI machine Echelon Smart 1.5 Tesla at Sarvodaya Hospital, Greater Noida West, Uttar Pradesh.

The new MRI machine provides functions for patient-friendly acoustic noise reduction (Smart Comfort), operator-friendly operation support and environment-friendly low power consumption. The device is a 1.5T Superconductive MRI system with the high Image quality of the high magnetic field achieved by FUJIFILM technology and with a flexible site layout inherited from a permanent magnet MRI system.

Mr Divyanu Gupta, Director, Sarvodaya Hospital, Greater Noida West said, “As a hospital, we have always looked forward to expanding our care facilities and bringing the best of technologies and newer dimensions to enhance the community’s healthcare infrastructure. It is very crucial for us to integrate evolving technologies into our system so that patients receive healthcare services of global standards. We have cutting-edge technical modalities including FUJIFILM SUPRIA 128 SLICE CT System, FUJIFILM FDR SMART FGX-52S Digital Radiography System, FUJIFILM ARIETTA 65 Ultrasound System and more.”

“Now, we are glad that FUJIFILM India has partnered with us again to bring the first state-of-the-art MRI machine to Greater Noida. The new MRI machine, with its smart features like low noise, excellent speed for quick brain and spine scans and high-resolution quality of imaging, delivers excellent outcomes for quick diagnosis and offers patients a comfortable experience,” Mr Gupta added.

He further said that with this machine, the patients living in this area and nearby, do not have to travel far to get their advanced MRI scan and can avail the best-in-class facility in their vicinity.

The machine has a power consumption of 29 kVA under general conditions and comes with smart technologies including SmartECO, SmartSPACE, SmartCOMFORT, SmartSPEED, and SmartQUALITY.

While SmartECO reduces heat generation and provides economical running costs, SmartSPACE has a small footprint and flexible layout.SmartCOMFORT features soft sound technology that provides a 94% reduction in noise and offers quiet scanning without any compromise with Image Resolution and applies to SE, FSE, FIR, GRE, and DWI sequences. SmartSPEED features Autopose for Brain and Spine under a quick scan plan, besides Whole Body Diffusion, IsoFSE –Single volume acquisition to generate isotropic images in all planes and RADAR- Versatile motion artefact Reduction.

Mr. Koji Wada, Managing Director, FUJIFILM India, said, “It is for the first time that the MRI machine comprising myriads of smart technologies developed by Fujifilm is being installed in a hospital in Greater Noida. We are delighted to be able to contribute to upgrading the healthcare quality for the citizens of Greater Noida as well as nearby areas.”

“FUJIFILM India always strives to make technologically advanced healthcare accessible to all at affordable expenditure. Thanks to the product’s cost efficiency, MRIs will become more cost-effective compared to previous technologies. Echelon Smart 1.5 Tesla is certainly an MRI machine that will transform the Indian diagnostic sector and aid quality medical imaging outcomes,” Mr Wada added.