New York hospital drops $4.4M on claustrophobia-fighting MRI suite
Kenmore Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, New York, is taking their advanced imaging services up a notch with a $4.4 million MRI suite, Niagara Frontier Publications reported this week.
The first-floor suite, which recently opened its doors for clinical use, houses an advanced Siemen’s 3-Tesla MRI scanner—one of the most powerful on the market—in a 1,600-square-foot space. The room was designed to tackle claustrophobia and fear, too, Director of Imaging Services Jason Judd said, with ambient lighting, nature murals that cover the suite’s walls and a larger MRI bore.
“The larger bore creates a more comfortable scanning experience for even the most claustrophobic patients,” Judd told Niagara Frontier.
The 3-T scanner joins Kenmore Mercy’s already existing fleet of x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, interventional radiology, CT and nuclear medicine services.
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