Jim Furyk
2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year
Get in the Swing of Good Health
"I've teamed up with GE healthymagination to educate people about GE technology that can help you achieve your best. The Optima MR430s is the latest in a series of health technologies geared toward providing better health for more people."
The system used in the video was for demonstration purposes only and did not contain a magnet.
The Optima MR430s can only be used in a stationary MR shielded environment.
William B. Morrison, MD, Director, Musculoskeletal Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA
Helping meet each patient's needs
"Our goal was to guide our patients to the right MRI scanner for their needs. For those who need extremities scanned, we think the GE's 1.5T extremity scanner is the best. The first goal is comfort; the second is to keep them still so we can get the best image consistency. The quicker the patient is in and out, the better it is for everyone. We rest assured that we get excellent quality images."
Dr. Morrison has consulted for GE Healthcare in the past, and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals is a GE Healthcare showsite.
Dr. William B. Morrison
Director Musculoskeletal Radiology
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Some radiologists believe that, since they are designed directly for the needs of musculoskeletal imaging, the advanced clinical capabilities of the Optima MR430s equal those of
whole-body systems. Dr. William B. Morrison, director of musculoskeletal radiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, is one of them. Thomas Jefferson University was
the third site in the U.S. to install a GE MR system dedicated to extremities.
Abigail Mentzer, Pennsylvania Ballet soloist. Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Ballet.
A delicate dance between comfort and quality
"From start to finish, the scan was a piece of cake. I popped into the clinic, sat in the comfy chair, stuck my foot in, and read a book. Unlike full-body MR scanners, it wasn't scary at all -- it was easy, simple and fast."
Abigail Mentzer, Dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet Company
Professional dancers are among those scanned on the GE specialty MR scanner installed at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Abigail Mentzer, a dancer with the
Pennsylvania Ballet company, recently received a scan for a painful ankle. With the extremely clear image quality, her doctor diagnosed a large fluid-filled cyst called a ganglion,
which pinched when she counter-flexed. Mentzer underwent a procedure to fix it in a timely manner.
