New state-of-the-art MRI scanner at POW

New state-of-the-art MRI scanner at POW

An MRI scanner at Princess of Wales Hospital is the first in Wales, and the second NHS hospital in the UK, to receive an upgrade, which provides greater comfort for patients and superior image quality.

The AIR™ Recon DL package is a pioneering, deep-learning based reconstruction algorithm applied to the raw scan data to improve Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and image sharpness.

Sharon Donovan, Interim Head of Radiography said: “We are proud to be leading the way in introducing this new technology at Princess of Wales Hospital. As well as significantly improving the comfort for our patients the new scanner will greatly reduce the time it takes to perform a scan. This means that we will be able to see more patients earlier, and that is really important.”

The team at Princess of Wales is also the first in the UK to install a TELEMED projector system. Ceiling tiles above the scanner have been swapped for illuminated panels made up of blue sky, cherry blossom and sunshine to help patients relax.

Sharon explained: “This system brings great benefit to patients, particularly those suffering with claustrophobia and also our young paediatric patients.”