FDA Clears Hitachi’s 1.2T MR System

Hitachi Medical Systems America announced that it received FDA clearance to market its Oasis magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the latest in the company’s line of MRI products.
Oasis reportedly features Hitachi’s proprietary 1.2 Tesla vertical field magnet technology inclusive of high magnet homogeneity and higher order active shim, all in an open architecture magnet design that gives patients an unrestricted viewing angle.
Featuring a high performance gradient system coupled with an 8-channel Radio Frequency (RF) system and Hitachi-designed RF coils, Oasis is designed to provide high performance imaging in a comfortable patient setting.