Currently the scanner MUST have a 1.5T magnet. The FerriScan technology has not yet been extended to scanners with other field strengths.

It’s a large, wide tube that’s open at both ends and is both bright and well-ventilated. It’s also equipped with a two-way intercom so you can communicate with the technician throughout the procedure.

Scanners commonly in use with FerriScan include: Siemens Avanto, Siemens Symphony, Siemens Sonata and Philips Intera. GE scanners currently require a research sequence to attain the required performance, which is obtainable only through GE representatives. Currently Picker and Shimadzu-Marconi scanners are not supported for use with FerriScan.

FerriScan is useful for both the detection and monitoring of iron overload, a measurement of LIC is considered necessary in most instances for the detection of iron overload and to assist with a clinical diagnosis. Following detection of iron overload, the duration of de-ironing therapy may be predicted on the basis of the liver iron concentration. FerriScan utilises MRI, which is readily available and internationally recognised as a safe imaging modality.

FerriScan is a new technology for the non-invasive measurement of liver iron concentration (LIC). Advanced computer software, the result of extensive research and trials, is used to analyse data obtained through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a patient's liver to determine an accurate measurement of liver iron concentration. The image data collected from the MRI scans is then sent electronically to the FerriScan Service Centre where it is analysed using the FerriScan technology.

The MRI scan will take approximately 20 minutes. Results are then analysed and returned to the MRI centre within 2 business days. The MRI centre will then return the results to the referring clinician.

The tapping and knocking noise you hear during your scan is caused by magnetic coils that switch on and off during the scan. These coils measure the signal coming from your body in order to make the images that are used for your diagnosis. Because these coils are switched on and off rapidly, they vibrate and cause the noise you hear. Since these noises are often very loud, the technologist will give you some type of hearing protection.

The MRI scanner examines one area of the body at a time. The MRI scanner can take pictures of the head, neck, back, abdomen, pelvis, shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle, foot, blood vessels and more. MRI is predominantly excellent at distinguishing soft tissues such as imaging the brain, spinal cord and joint structures.

FerriScan should work with any phased-array receiver coil for torso imaging. Previous experience has shown torso/abdominal coils and 8 channel cardiac array coils are compatible with FerriScan. Currently the main housing coil does not provide sufficient signal to noise for use as the receiver for FerriScan data acquisition.

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Common times for acquiring a single series is 3 ? to 4 minutes, resulting in a total scan time of 17 ? to 20 minutes ignoring scout/localiser scans and setup time.

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MRI scanner is a specialised piece of medical imaging equipment that takes images of the internal structure of the human body. The MRI scanner will make cross-sectional images or 'slices' of the body and allow detailed pictures of the liver to be taken for the FerriScan Analysis.

Both the Institute, and the Victor Hugo Clinic, cannot make either a scanner or MRI. However, Dr Isabelle PIGEAU, radiologist who belongs to our team, can have a MRI Scanner or an artro-scanner made for you as soon as possible.

You will not be placed all the way into the scanner. However, depending upon the area being scanned, you will enter either head first or feet first. For example, feet, ankle, knee or leg MRI scans require you to go in feet first. All other scans, such as head, spine, shoulders, or torso require you to go head first.