AIR Technology Coils - transformative way forward for MR

The coils are 38 per cent lighter than traditional coils plus the anterior array coil has the industry's highest channel count

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“FLEXIBILITY OR nothing” was the inspiration that guided GE Healthcare engineers as they set out to completely rethink traditional MR coils. There was no doubt there were limitations with the existing technology. Elements had to be placed a certain way within the coils, and coils were typically heavy, inflexible and bulky. The goal was to develop coils that were light, versatile and more comfortable to patients and simultaneously furnish more clinical information to the technologists.