What is open Magnetic Resonance Imaging?

Our High Performance Premium Open MRI system will eliminate the anxiety associated with being inside the tube of a dark, noisy and narrow, closed MRI system while still producing images of the highest quality.

This is what the AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system looks like. Notice the patient has a much more pleasant surrounding.

A common occurrence with the "tunnel" style MRI's is a feeling of claustrophobia. The AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system is spacious, comfortable and quiet. Most patients who could not tolerate the "tunnel" have no trouble, and do not feel claustrophobic in the AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system. The AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system is open on all sides making it airy, bright, and OPEN which eliminates the anxiety associated with being inside the "tube" of a dark, noisy, and narrow, closed MRI system. You should not have that "closed-in" feeling. In addition, the openness allows a friend or family member to sit with you, even hold your hand.

A doctor and patient have a conversation about the AIRIS® II Open MRI system and the proceedure.The AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system uses a newly designed patient gantry which is much more spacious and comfortable. No longer do you have to squeeze inside a narrow tunnel to get the high quality MRI pictures your doctor needs.

The images from the AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system are comparable to, if not better than, images from a closed MRI system. When open MRI systems were new, about 10 years ago, there were some problems with the quality of the images being produced. But new state-of-the-art technology has dramatically improved the quality. The new Hitachi AIRIS® II High Performance Premium Open MRI system is far superior to the older open MRI systems of just a few years ago.