MRI OPERA

Opera
Opera, the Open MRI

 

Specification:

Esaote has merged the advantages of dedicated and open MRI with Opera.
Opera is a dedicated musculoskeletal MRI system specifically designed for limbs and joints examination, in particular shoulder, knee, calf, ankle, foot, hand wrist, forearm and elbow. Given the ergonomic design and the height of 70 cm patient access is much easier.

• Maintenance-free open permanent magnet
• 0.2 Tesla field
• Can be installed in a single room of 18 m²
• Low Power Consumption: less than 1.3 Kw in normal 220/110V power outlet
• Ergonomic patient table with very easy access
• Light Patented RF Shielding
• Complete set of dedicated optimized coils
• All imaging sequences used in MSK settings
• Full set of pre-defined sequences and protocols
• User defined sequences and customized examination protocols
• Multi planar scout
• Real time imaging tool for patient positioning
• Windows based user interface
• Extensive image viewing, analysis and elaboration tools
• Sophisticated storage functionality particularly useful for systems connected to PACS network
• Full DICOM connectivity

Clinical Image - Opera
Ankle

 

Clinical Image - Opera
Ankle - Achilles tendon thickening

 

Clinical Image - Opera
Ankle - Talo-fibular and tib-fibular lesion

 

 

Coil - Shoulder DPA
Shoulder DPA

 

 

Opera, the first open dedicated system, has been developed as an "office MRI", which means that it can be easily installed in any hospital or private practice.
Minimum space requirements are 18 sqm:

• a specially developed modular RF shielding is available, avoiding costly and time consuming construction works.
• thanks to its very low power consumption (1 kW) the scanner can be connected to a standard power outlet (220V or 110V).

Opera is ideal for installation in small or space limited practices.
Dedicated RF shielding cage Opera is provided with a specially designed and easy to install dedicated RF cage. Its innovative design, which makes use of existing illumination and air-conditioning, makes it possible to install it in a standard room (4 X 4,5 m 2 minimum).

Siting details'

 

Opera features the Standard DICOM classes:

• Storage - send/receive transmission of images to other modalities (workstations, PACS), moreover enabling the "Autosend" (also called "Autopush") function, Opera will automatically send all the images to the destination of choice without the need of operator interaction.
• Media Exchange: to archiving images on a removable media (MOD or Cdrom), in DicomDir modality.
• Print management: enable the use of DICOM printers.
• Modality Worklist: Opera receives patients’ list of the day directly from the HIS/RIS, for an optimized integration within a hospital network

Please refer to the following tables to consult the DICOM Conformance Statement (DCS) in PDF (Portable Document Format) version:

DICOM Conformance Statements

Document
Opera - from release 9.0A - version 2.3
Opera - from release 9.7A - version 2.5

Please refer to the following table to consult the IHE Integration Statement in PDF (Portable Document Format) version:

IHE Integration Statements

Document
Opera - from release 9.7A