FDA clears Time Medical's MRI

Time Medical has received FDA approval for its Pica 0.35T whole-body open MRI system.

The Metuchen, N.J.-based company said its Pica features a 0.35T compact, permanent magnet with a gradient strength of 25 mT/m, a gradient slew rate of 50 T/m/s and a gradient rise time of 0.5 ms. The firm said the system also features openGL based visualization with auto window/Level, move, zoom, multiple image display, annotate, measurements, multi-planar reformat, real-time MIP, CINE, multiple viewport and cross-exam review.

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