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Advanced Imaging at Sentara: Open MRI
 Listen to a radiologist talk about the advantages of an Open MRI.
Larger patients or those with claustrophobia who may have dreaded having an MRI have another option—the Open MRI. This powerful machine yields images of extremely high quality, with the open-bore feature so many patients need and want. No other Open-Bore MRI unit in Hampton Roads is as powerful or able to yield such precise images.
“Previous open MRIs just haven’t offered an advantage to the majority of patients,” says Kurt Hofelich, Vice President of Sentara Imaging Services. “Either their design allowed for patients to move, creating blurred images or their magnets were too weak to provide the detail necessary for precise diagnosis. This one is different.”
With a magnet more than twice as strong as other area open MRIs, this machine creates higher quality images that are read by the same sub-specialized radiologists that interpret images at other Sentara hospitals.
The cylinder of Sentara’s newest MRI machine is shorter—only about four feet—and much wider, creating a more open feel. Patients enter this MRI feet first, and most procedures do not require a patient’s head to enter the super-sized cylinder at all. In few cases when a patient’s head must enter the cylinder, increased clearance of 12 inches around the patient offers more “breathing room” than ever.
Open MRI Locations:
For more information on these locations, select one of the locations listed above from our Where to Go section.
 Advanced Imaging Center—Sentara Port Warwick, Newport News
Sentara Bayside Hospital, Virginia Beach
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