Louisiana imaging center installs Aurora MRI system

The Women’s Imaging Centre in Lafayette, La., has installed Aurora Imaging Technology’s 1.5Tesla dedicated breast MRI system.

The Aurora system is a FDA-cleared dedicated breast MRI system is a computer-automated and fully integrated MR-guided biopsy technology that eliminates human error and accurately determines needle placement for a procedure, the North Andover, Mass.-based company said.

Aurora said its system features a precision gradient coil design to provide a homogeneous elliptical field of view to image both breasts, the chest wall and axillae in a single bilateral scan.

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