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Welcome to the Shirley Oaks Open MRI Centre
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Shirley Oaks Hospital is a general hospital part of BMI Healthcare, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with over forty hospitals nationwide. The Open MRI at Shirley Oaks was opened in 1998 and marked MedTel's entrée into the UK. Unlike many other MRI machines it is completely open on three sides with no enclosed tunnels. This non-threatening environment makes it the ideal system for children. |
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Open MRI has no tunnel and so can accommodate larger patients or those with claustrophobia. It is also excellent for sports injuries because the joints being examined can be scanned in any required position - joint motion studies are not possible in tunnel type machines. This MRI is also the technology of choice for the identification and diagnosis of a wide range of head injuries and neurological disorders where easy access to patients during the scanning procedure is an advantage. |
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