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Wetzel County Hospital offers Open MRI by using Siemens Healthcare 's MAGNETOM Espree.

Siemens Healthcare 's 1.5T MAGNETOM Espree implements at Wetzel County Hospital in West Virginia.  MAGNETOM Espree is, quite simply, the best selling Open-Bore MRI on the market.

"This is going to increase our efficiency and patient convenience," said Pam Deel, Hospital Radiology Director. "This will potentially reduce the need to repeat and interrupt exams."

Siemens Healthcare 's MAGNETOM Espree features an opening of nearly 2.3 feet in diameter and almost one foot of free space between a patient's head and the magnet.

Siemens Healthcare 's MAGNETOM Espree also allows more than 60 percent of exams to be completed with the patient's head outside the bore, helping to ease claustrophobia.

"Wetzel, Tyler and Monroe County residents now have immediate access to the some of the best MRI technology available today," said George Couch, C.E.O. of Wetzel County Hospital. "For many patients this may prove to be lifesaving technology due to the system's ability to deliver precise images, which may result in a much earlier diagnosis and faster treatment while saving the cost and inconvenience of leaving the area for this service."

Source: Siemens Healthcare

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