New equipment offers relief for patients who fear tight spaces or are too large to fit into a normal MRI scanning machine.

A new open MRI at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich offers patients relief from the claustrophobia of normal imaging technology.

Though the open MRI scanners have been used for larger patients and children, claustrophobic patients have been big beneficiaries.

MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland's new $2.1 million open MRI machine offers several benefits, including easy and excellent imaging of any body part. However, its biggest benefit is to the patients.

An MRI scan is a noninvasive medical test that uses magnets, radio waves, and a computer to produce images of soft tissues.

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