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Extremely surprising.

Introducing the
Optima

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MR430s 1.5T

An extreme
challenge.

While dedicated extremity systems help
avoid the discomfort that patients can
experience with a full-body scanner,
they often lack the strength to deliver
comparable image quality.

Except one.

A surprising
solution.

Introducing the Optima MR430s 1.5T,
a new specialty MR system from
GE Healthcare.

The Optima MR430s is an extreme leap
forward in MR imaging because only the
targeted anatomy needs to be inside the
system. Unlike previous specialty systems,
however, the Optima MR430s features a
powerful 1.5T magnet. So while patients
enjoy greater comfort, radiologists get
the image quality they need.

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The Optima MR430s 1.5T is one
of the most innovative advances
in MSK imaging in years — and,
from patients and physicians
to administrators and finance
managers, the results are
extremely surprising.

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Extremely compact.

Surprisingly powerful.

The Optima MR430s is a small, efficient MR
system, but don’t let its size fool you — a 1.5T
magnet provides radiologists with the high­quality images they demand.

Extremely comfortable.

Surprisingly clear.

Extremely valuable.

Surprisingly affordable.

With its innovative design, the Optima MR430s
offers an improved MR experience for patients
and a more efficient and simpler one for
technologists — all with the consistency and
clarity of a 1.5T system.

As an addition to a busy radiology department,
the Optima MR430s can relieve patient
backlogs to boost department throughput —
offering healthcare providers a smart
investment at a low total cost-of-ownership.

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Extremely compact.
Surprisingly powerful.

With its small stature, at first glance the
Optima MR430s might resemble a low-strength
extremity scanner. And the benefits of its
compact design are certainly significant —
from easy siting to low total cost of ownership.
Unlike other specialty systems, though, this
one offers surprisingly high strength.

The Optima MR430s delivers a combination
that radiologists have always wanted:
a specialty musculoskeletal MR system with
a 1.5T magnet. Now they can request precise
acquisitions of the arm, including elbow,
wrist and hand; or the leg, including knee,
ankle and foot — and get the image quality
and consistency they expect from a more
powerful, conventional MR system.

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1. The system’s industry-leading gradients
deliver 70mT/m of power and 300T/m/s
of slew rate.

2. Short echo spacing and high signal-to-
noise ratio enable high resolution and

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sharp images.

3. All of this power comes with a footprint
as small as 222 square feet (20.65 square
meters).

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A delicate dance between
comfort and quality

The GE specialty MR scanner installed at
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia
attracts a variety of patients, including
professional athletes and ballet dancers.
Recently, Abigail Mentzer of the Pennsylvania
Ballet Company received a scan on her
problematic ankle. Because of the exquisite
image quality, her doctor was able to
diagnose a large, fluid-filled cyst called a
ganglion, which pinched when she counter­flexed. Mentzer underwent a procedure to
fix it in a timely manner.

“From start to finish, the scan was a piece of
cake,” reports Mentzer. “I popped into the
clinic, sat in the comfy chair, stuck my foot in,
and read a book. Unlike the full-body scanners,
it wasn’t scary at all — it was easy, simple,
and fast.”

Abigail Mentzer, Pennsylvania Ballet Soloist

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

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Extremely comfortable.
Surprisingly clear.

The Optima MR430s delivers a level of
comfort that patients won’t expect from their
MR experience. Unlike the awkward positions
sometimes required for extremity scanning
in full-body systems, patients can relax in a
padded chair beside the scanner, reclining
as comfortably as in their favorite easy chair
at home.

As comfortable as the Optima MR430s
experience is, the system’s high-strength 1.5T
magnet ensures uncompromised image quality.
And because a more relaxed patient is less
prone to motion, the resulting images are
likely to be even more clear and consistent.

Greater patient comfort means less anxiety.
Children can be joined by an adult in the
exam room. And because the head remains
outside the scanner, the experience is quieter
than that with a conventional MR scanner.

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