AUSTIN (KXAN) - Two new MRI systems delivered to Seton Medical Center Sunday won't only help Central Texans, but they will also help researchers advance stroke treatment across the U.S.
One of the machines weighs more than seven tons and is valued at $2.5-million. The other is worth $2-million and weighs almost five tons.
Seton says both machines provide the most advanced MRI technology available. The scanners use magnetic fields and radio waves to form images of the body.
The new MRI machines will be used by researchers with the Seton/UT Southwestern Clinical Research Institute to improve stroke treatment.
"We're going to be conducting research that will really advance the standard of accurate diagnosis and neurologic disorders and advance the theraputics... better treatements for these types of very serious illnesses," said Dr. Steven Warach with the Seton/UT Southwestern Clinical Research Institute.
The MRI machines were unloaded off semi trucks using cranes and fork lifts. They were then moved through the hallways of Seton Medical Center, where they will be installed.
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