Chinese General Hospital upgrades MRI Center with imaging technology from Siemens

Published April 29, 2011 10:04am

Chinese General Hospital, a long-standing premiere medical institution in Manila, equipped its recently inaugurated Chinese General MRI Center with a top-of-the-line MAGNETOM Avanto 1.5T, a cutting-edge magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system from Siemens.

From left to right, 1st row: Dr. Alfonso Chan, Dr. Anthony Cheng, Dr. James Dy, Mr. Florante Dy, Mr. Benito Goyokpin, Mr. Antonio Tan; 2nd row: Dr. Kenneth Tan â€“ during the inauguration of Chinese General MRI Center

The new Chinese General MRI Center is one of only two facilities in the Philippines possessing the most advanced 76x32 channel Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto MRI scanner, allowing all MRI examinations to be performed with high resolution in the shortest possible time.

Chinese General MRI Center is now equipped with Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto 1.5T, the worldâ€™s first MRI system with TimÂ® (Total imaging matrix) technology.

Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto 1.5T, the worldâ€™s first MRI system with TimÂ® (Total imaging matrix) technology, delivers ultra-fast image acquisition. It captures clear and detailed images of your body needed for early diagnosis â€“ from routine examinations to high end applications such as cardiac, mammography, angiography, spectroscopy, and whole body MRI. With the new 76x32 channel Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto, Chinese General Hospital now has one of the most advanced MRI departments in the country, capable of performing all modern MRI examinations with unparalleled speed and accuracy.