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RSNA 2024: Philips to Unveil Next-Gen BlueSeal Helium-Free MRI

The scanner features Philips’ Smart Reading technology, a cloud-based AI toolset that integrates imaging and reading on the MR scanner.

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By: Sam Brusco

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BlueSeal 1.5T MRI side view. Photo: Philips.

Philips announced that its next-gen 1.5T BlueSeal MR wide-bore scanner will be revealed at RSNA 2024.

The latest generation scanner has a 70 cm wide-bore design and integrates artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled MR Smart Workflow solutions. These, according to Philips, increase daily patient throughput without compromising diagnostic quality.

The scanner features Philips’ Smart Reading technology, a cloud-based AI toolset that integrates imaging and reading on the MR scanner. Smart Reading provides fully automated, AI-based quantitative reports. Neurological indications like Alzheimers and multiple sclerosis are available thanks to a partnership with icometrix, and prostate cancer through imaging biomarker specialist Quibim.

The BlueSeal MRI was designed with helium-free operations, which Philips said makes it the lightest 1.5T, 70 cm MRI system available today. It has no need for a vent pipe as well, enabling flexible installations in new locations—including elevated floors or indoor sites with construction limitations.

“Philips invented helium-free operations in MRI, and since its launch in 2018, we have installed more than 1,500 BlueSeal systems globally in wide-ranging settings including the world’s first helium-free mobile MRI units,” said Philips global business leader of MRI Ioannis Panagiotelis, Ph.D. “With AI applications seamlessly integrated into our latest 1.5T BlueSeal scanner, we have now applied AI to every aspect of the MRI workflow—from patient set-up and high-resolution image capture to quantitative data extraction, advanced diagnostics, and reporting. With this latest innovation, we continue our commitment to deliver wider access to quality MRI to more patients across multiple settings.”

The next generation Philips BlueSeal 1.5T will be demonstrated in the Philips booth (#6730) at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2024, December 1-4, Chicago.

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