Stephens County Hospital Acquires
New High Performance Open MR Imaging System

Hitachi is the leader in Open MRI using permanent magnet technology with more than 1300 systems installed in the United States and 3000 worldwide. Stephens County Hospital is the second unit of it’s kind installed in the southeastern United States. The AIRIS Elite system features a unique, award-winning, open gantry design that provides complete access from all sides for maximum patient comfort. AIRIS Elite also has advanced clinical capabilities that rival those of many high-field closed type systems. “With the AIRIS Elite unit, our patients benefit from combined comfort advantages and powerful digital electronics with a lightning-fast workstation computer to make the procedure as quick and smooth as possible”, states Dr. Mahendra Patel, Director of Radiology Services at Stephens County Hospital. “The benefits for the physicians include access to the most advanced diagnostic imaging techniques currently available in the healthcare industry.”