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Everything You Need To Know About:

Toshiba MRI

Vantage

Parts, Repairs, Service

Brief Overview About The Toshiba MRI Vantage

Excelart Vantage Magnet 

  • Configuration: Ultra-short-bore 
  • Strength (or W x H): 1.5 T 
  • Homogeneity, ppm V-RMS: 
  • Dimensions of maximum useful FOV and homogeneity, (x, y, z), cm: 50 x 50 x 50 at =2 ppm 
  • Shielding: Self-shielded 
  • Main magnet shimming: Passive, auto-active 
  • Patient specific shimming: Auto-active shimming 
  • Cryogen refill frequency: Refill =1 year; liquid Helium

Excelart Vantage Gantry 

  • Bore diameter/height of patient opening: 65.5 cm 
  • Overall bore length: 149 cm 
  • Bore length with minimum opening: 140 cm 
  • In-bore patient comfort features: Adjustable lighting and ventilation, audio system, patient emergency response system, patient camera monitoring

Planning and Installation 

  • Overall gantry dimensions (including covers), W x H x L, m: 0.79 x 0.94 x 0.7 
  • Minimum ceiling height, m: 2.8 
  • Extent of fringe field (0.5 mT, 5 gauss) in x, y, z directions, m: 9.9 x 9.9 (x), 16.3 x 16.3 (y), 9.9 x 9.9 (z) 
  • Total weight w/cooling, shielding, gradient/body coil: 12,514 kg (51,035 lb) 
  • Minimum dimensions of opening required for installation, W x H, m: 1.83 x 1.83 
  • Minimum installation area for magnet, m2: 33 
  • Minimum total installation area for system, m2: 47.8 
  • Total number of cabinets required: 4

Power Consumption 

  • Line Voltage: 208, 300 A or 480, 150 A 
  • Kva: 86 
  • A/c, btu/hr: 4,436 BTU/hr, scan room; 47,352 BTU/hr, equipment room; 2,489 BTU/hr, control room 
  • Clinical Use: Whole body

Control Console Workflow 

  • Standard user interface: V 8.1 
  • Operating system: Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz dual CPU 
  • Number of stored scanning protocols: 2000 
  • Local hard disk capacity: 74 GB 
  • RAM: 2 GB 
  • Removable media: DVD 
  • Image protocol sharing: Transfer

Acoustic Noise 

  • Reduction technology: Vacuum enclosed gradient coils (Pianissimo)

Scanning Techniques 

  • Echo Planar Imaging: Optional 
  • Single shot: Optional 
  • Multi shot: Optional 
  • EPI pulse sequences: Optional 
  • Maximum EPI factor: 512 
  • Neurologic imaging: Standard 
  • Perfusion: Optional 
  • Diffusion weighted imaging: Optional 
  • Diffusion tensor imaging: Standard with EPI 
  • Functional MRI: Optional 
  • Spectroscopy (nuclei of interest): Optional 
  • MRA: Standard 
  • Time of flight: Standard 
  • Peripheral: Optional peripheral coil package 
  • Bolus tracking: Optional MRA package 
  • Interventional MR: Yes 
  • Cardiac imaging: Standard with cardiac package 
  • Cine: Optional cardiac package 
  • Coronary artery: Optional 
  • Ecg gating: Standard 
  • Motion compensation: Standard 
  • Prospective respiratory gating: Standard 
  • Additional: Fresh blood imaging, CIA

Sequence Selection 

  • Spin echo (Minimum TR ms) 
  • Minimum TR, 256 matrix, 30 cm FOV, msec: 9 (SE3.7) 
  • Minimum TR, 256 matrix, 10 cm FOV, msec: 19 (SE8) 
  • Gradient echo 
  • Minimum TR, 256 matrix, 30 cm FOV, msec: 5.4 (FFE3D2) 
  • Minimum TR, 256 matrix, 10 cm FOV, msec: 12 (FE3D5) 
  • Minimum possible TE, msec: 0.9 (gradient echo 256 x 256) 
  • Minimum possible TI, msec: 9 
  • Fast-spin-echo max train length: 1024 (FASE+6.5) 
  • Echo planar imaging max train length: 256 (SE_EPI)

Gradient system 

  • Standard name: AGV, MGV, XGV 
  • Standard strength, z-axis, mT/m: 30 
  • Standard slew rate, z-axis, T/m/s: 50, 86, 130 respectively 
  • Optional name(s): ZGV 
  • Optional strength(s), mT/m: 33 
  • Optional slew rate(s), T/m/s: 200 
  • Cooling type: Water 
  • Amplifier cooling type: Air, water

RF System 

  • Power output, kW: 20 
  • Standard number of channels: 4 
  • Optional channel configurations: 8 
  • Receiver bandwidth, kHz: 1000 
  • Location of coil connector (plug): Gantry 
  • Number of coil connectors (plugs): 2 
  • Coil tuning technique: Automatic

Parallel imaging 

  • Name: Speeder 
  • Technique: Image based 
  • Calibration Technique: Automatic
  • Maximum parallel acquisition acceleration factor, standard/optional: 4

Patient Table 

  • Detachable: Optional 
  • Elevating: Standard 
  • Minimum height: 42 cm 
  • Limited mobility load limit: 200 kg (440 lb) 
  • Fully mobile load limit: 200 kg (440 lb)

Excelart Vantage Coils 

  • Integrated body: Standard 
  • Diameter, cm: 7 
  • TMJ: Optional 
  • Mirrors for patient head: Yes 
  • Head : Standard 
  • Neck: Optional 
  • Type: Linear 
  • Coverage (head to foot): 50 cm 
  • Number of elements: 2 
  • Number of independent channels: Linear 
  • Parallel imaging compatible: Yes 
  • CTL spine: Optional 
  • Cardiac/abdomen: Optional 
  • Dimensions, L x W: 54 x 47 cm 
  • Flexible: Yes 
  • Number of elements: 2 
  • Breast: Optional 
  • Bilateral: Yes 
  • Biopsy access: Yes 
  • Number of elements: Linear 
  • Shoulder: Optional 
  • Dimensions, L x W, cm: 54 x 47 
  • Number of elements: 2 
  • Whole abdomen: Optional, torso Speeder 
  • Extremity: Optional 
  • Diameter, cm: 27 
  • Length, cm: 60 
  • Number of elements: Linear 
  • Peripheral vascular: Yes 
  • Diameter, cm: 27 
  • Length, cm: 38 
  • Dedicated parallel imaging: All Speeder coils 
  • Circular general-purpose: Optional 
  • Diameters available, cm: 7, 10, 15, 20 
  • Combined: Yes

Image processor 

  • Clock speed, GHz: 3.2 
  • Dedicated RAM: 3 GB

Reconstruction 

  • Maximum number of 256 x 256 slices per acquisition sequence: 256 (3-D), 128 (2-D) 
  • Number of slices per sec (256 matrix): 1300 
  • Maximum matrix: 1024 x 1024 
  • Minimum slice thickness 2-D/3-D, mm: 0.5/0.05 
  • Minimum FOV, cm: 0.5 
  • Maximum FOV, cm: 50

Quantitative image analysis tools 

  • Perfusion imaging: Optional 
  • fMRI: Optional 
  • Diffusion imaging: Standard with EPI package 
  • Body imaging: Standard MIP, MPR 
  • 3-D image reconstruction: Standard

Excelart Vantage DICOM 

  • Modality worklist SCU: Standard 
  • MR Image Storage SCU: Standard 
  • Query/Retrieve SCU and SCP: Standard 
  • Storage commitment SCU: Standard 
  • Modality performed procedure step SCU: Optional
  • IHE profiles supported: SWF, PIR, GPG, PDI, CPI, and CHG

Other Excelart Vantage Specifications 

  • Other Attributes: Vantage systems are short (1.4 m), large clinical FOV (50 cm x 50 cm x 50 cm), possesses high homogeneity at
  • FDA CLEARANCE: Yes

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