GE HealthCare’s New Investigational MRI Promises Advancements On Neurological Disease Research

GE HealthCare announced today a new investigational MRI, which will be used in collaboration with researchers at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, promises to help researchers better understand complex neurological diseases.

GE Magnus Signus MRI
• Source: GE Healthcare

GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. announced on 6 May that it has unveiled the investigational Signa Magnus head-only magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, which aims to help researchers better understand complex neurological diseases.

The company said it installed the MRI, which is pending US Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance, at Brigham and...

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