From GE Healthcare;
three dedicated MRI systems - a neuro imager, a cardiovascular system, and a whole body scanner - all in one system.

From GE Healthcare;
'EXCITE technology has the potential to open the door to new imaging techniques and clinical applications, leaping beyond conventional two and three-dimensional MRI to true 4D imaging that will improve the diagnosis of disease throughout the human body from head to foot.' Robert R. Edelman, M.D., Professor of Radiology at Northwestern University Medical School and Chairman, Department of Radiology, at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare.

From GE Healthcare;
a friendly and less confining appearance targets the 7% of individuals who refuse to have an MRI because of claustrophobia. This open MRI system is also up to three times faster than other scanners, therefore the Signa OpenSpeedâ„¢ reducing exam time and scheduling issues. In addition, a swing table provides better access and supports up to 500 pounds.

In single shot techniques (used for EPI, TSE, FSE, RARE, HASTE), the entire raw data set is acquired with a single excitation pulse. The magnetization of a fully relaxed spin system is used. Each of the subsequent echoes is given a different phase encoding. For improved SNR, spatial resolution or FOV, the needed raw data are acquired over a number of sequence repetitions. Each repetition then collects a fraction of the complete raw data set. Only slightly more than a half of the raw data is acquired. The image is obtained through half Fourier reconstruction.
A single shot sequence is useful in cases where movement is to expect e.g. in abdominal Imaging or fetal MRI.

See also Half Fourier Acquisition Single Shot Turbo Spin Echo.

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Staircase artifacts might be seen in projection of the slice thickness in case of MIP or MPR reconstructions.

Use overlapping slices to reduce this artifact by changing the slice gap to a negative value. In most cases, a negative value of 20-30% is sufficient.