All-rounder for Research and Clinical Routine

For the first time, the revolutionary matrix coil concept TIM supports all applications in the 3 Tesla range without the need for patient repositioning – from abdominal, orthopedic, cardiological to whole-body examinations at a local measurement field of 50 cm.

Over the past years, ultra high-field MR systems, initially of special interest in the area of research due to their higher image resolution, are enjoying steadily increasing popularity in clinical routine. As it were, these high-tech systems required many compromises when it came to ease of operation: the use of different coils for various applications required repositioning of the patient – all in all a rather time-consuming activity. But time is a commodity not available to physicians in their daily clinical work.

Based on the company's matrix coil concept, Siemens is the only manufacturer offering receiver coils for all applications in the 3 Tesla range. It does not matter whether these applications involve abdominal, cardiological, orthopedic, whole-body scans or examinations of the spine.

The core of TIM technology is the revolutionary matrix coil concept. Up to 102 coil elements can be combined with up to 32 radio-frequency channels – providing much higher image acquisition and quality. TIM allows parallel image acquisition along all three axes over the entire body up to a length of 181 cm. The physician can choose any area relevant to the clinical question at hand – from individual sub-areas of the body to the entire anatomy - without having to limit the number of maximum useful coils that can be connected.

Scanning the patient in the "Feet first"-position is another plus and provides for optimal patient comfort. With the iPAT technology (integrated Parallel Acquisition Techniques) the Trio is the only 3 Tesla system on the market that enables parallel high-speed imaging with up to 16 PAT factors. iPAT is a method that improves acquisition speed and image quality even further – an advantage that is especially suitable for examining moving organs, such as the heart or the intestines or for improved patient throughput.

"Since the system's introduction, we have noticed the increasing popularity of the Magnetom Trio in the area of clinical routine," said Dr. Heinrich Kolem, head of Magnetic Resonance Tomography at Siemens Medical Solutions. "We continuously work on further developing our 3 Tesla technology. TIM allows physicians to not only work within a wide spectrum of applications, it also makes Trio into a reliable system that provides highest image quality at the shortest scan times." Magnetom Trio operates with the uniform syngo user interface, an intuitive software platform developed by Siemens for all imaging modalities. It harmonizes all operating processes across the different imaging systems and supplies the hospital personnel with comprehensive information about the patient. As a result, the 3 Tesla system is easily integrated into the clinical workflow.