King’s Open Imaging Installs Oasis High Field MRI

King’s Open Imaging, is proud to announce the installation of the first high-field, true open MRI in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Oasis High-Field Open MRI (Photo: Business Wire)

The magnet of the world’s most powerful Open MRI was delivered by crane into King’s Open Imaging on 6243 South Redwood Road, Suite 130. Installation has been completed and the Oasis is now available for clinical imaging.

The Oasis provides us with an opportunity to provide tube-less, true high-field MRI imaging, with the most technologically advanced MRI features. We pride ourselves in offering the convergence of quality and comfort. Beyond the cutting-edge technology we utilize, along with the flexible and personalized customer service we offer, patients are able to see their physicians and have their MRI procedure completed on the same day.

“Upgrading to this new and most innovative high-field open MRI System allows us to offer our referring physicians excellent image quality and our patients the comfort they deserve,” says Greig Huggins, General Manager. “With the combination of the faster scan times and the open architecture, we are able to accommodate patients of all types in this tube-less, true open MRI System,” Huggins added.

“We are very excited about our relationship with King’s Medical and are pleased to see our first Utah installation in a facility dedicated to excellence,” said Sheldon Schaffer, Vice President and General Manager MRI & CT.

About King’s Open Imaging

For more than 13 years, King’s Open Imaging, owned and operated by King’s Medical Group, has been the leader in delivering excellence in patient-focused imaging, providing the first Open MRIs in all of Utah. Physicians benefit from the flexibility of customizable protocols and from the subspecialized image interpretations by Board Certified Radiologists. King’s Open Imaging offers the only centers which have both True Open and High Field MRIs. In addition to providing the community with state-of-the-art technology, King’s Open Imaging’s excellent patient care includes pre-authorization services and payment plans. Accredited by the American College of Radiology, the centers are staffed by MRI-certified technologists and board certified, sub-specialty radiologists.

About King’s Medical Group

King’s began forming partnerships with hospitals in 1981 for the purpose of improving the accessibility and quality of patient care, frequently in underserved markets. Today, we provide hospital administrators with creative business solutions enabling them to add diagnostic imaging or therapeutic equipment including MRI, CT, PET, Cath labs, and radiation therapy. King's continues to partner with hospitals and physician/investor groups. Joint ventures, partnerships, outpatient centers, and medical office buildings are among the many integrated business solutions King’s provides physicians, outpatient facilities and healthcare providers. King’s purpose is to enhance the lives of patients, physicians and hospital's fiscal well-being by contributing our extensive business experience and acumen, which helps to raise the bar on the provision of quality healthcare while enhancing revenues for each partner.

About Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.

Hitachi Medical Systems America (HMSA) located in Twinsburg, Ohio, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Medical Corporation offers a broad range of diagnostic imaging equipment including MRI, CT and Ultrasound. Our innovations in diagnostic imaging provide technology that drives clinical solutions to deliver diagnostic confidence, improve workflow efficiency and provide a better patient experience. In addition to exceptional equipment, HMSA is known for its comprehensive customer support programs to maximize the lifecycle value of equipment through responsive service maintenance, significant software upgrades and on-going applications support.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT)(TOKYO: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them.

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