United Imaging brings uMR Omega system to Europe

AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Jun 1, 2023
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United Imaging has announced the completion of the installation of a uMR Omega MR scanner at the IRCSS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital in Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.

The installation of the 75 cm, ultrawide-bore 3-tesla scanner is the first in Europe, and it was achieved in partnership with FORA S.p.A., a medical equipment supplier based in Parma, according to the vendor.

The 549-bed IRCSS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital was established in 1922, and is the Veneto Region Medical Reference Centre for tropical diseases, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, ob/gyn, orthopedics, and ophthalmology.

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