Open field MRI
Here is a non-exhaustive list of open-field or wide-bore X-ray machines available in various radiology departments, whether in hospitals, clinics, or private radiology centers.
The Cité des Sciences compiled this list based on information from the institutions' websites.
Lists available on the City of Science website
If you know of any others, you can write to contact@amavea.org
- I'm looking for a field open in Ile-de-France
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MRI devices open in Ile-de-France
Doves
Louis-Mourier Hospital,
Paris North Val de Seine University Hospitals
, Department of Imaging and Pathology,
178 rue des Renouillers,
92700 Colombes, France.
Telephone: +33 1 47 60 61 62.
http://hupnvs.aphp.fr/liste-des-specialites/radiologie-louis-mourier/
Drancy
17 rue Henri Barbusse
93700 Drancy
https://www.maisondesantededrancy.com/
- Ramsay Santé, one of the European leaders in private hospitalization and primary care, and his medical imaging partner in Seine-Saint-Denis the medical imagery of the Plaine de France (IMBF) have co-invest in an open field MRI, suitable for claustrophobic and/or obesity.
- This innovative apparatus, unique in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis and in northern Île-de-France, is hosted in the Drancy health house and makes it possible to take care of patients who, so far, could not undergo this type of examination.
Evry
1 Essonne Clinic,
1-5 rue de la clairière
, 91024 Évry Cedex.
MRI Department: 01 69 87 41 41
The site of the private hospital of Evry is made up of 3 conventional radiology rooms, 1 ultrasound room (color doppler), 1 Open field MRI , 1 scanner, 1 dental panoramic.
http://www.hopitalpriveevry.fr/fr/hopital-prive-evry/plateau-technique
Versailles
The Clinique de la Porte Verte
, 6 Avenue Maréchal Franchet d'Esperey,
BP 455 – 78004 Versailles Cedex,
Tel: 01 39 23 13 39/31
One of our MRI has the distinction of being open which makes it possible to avoid any feeling of claustrophobia and is adapted to obese, old or anxious patients. […]
MRI devices open in the region
Grand Est (Champagne – Ardennes – Alsace – Lorraine) – Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières Hospital Centre,
45 avenue de Manchester,
BP 10900,
08011 Charleville-Mézières Cedex, France.
Switchboard: +33 3 24 58 70 70
The technical platform houses highly advanced equipment. It allows for MRI, CT scans, X-rays, and ultrasound examinations.
The Hospital Center has:
– 2 MRI machines, including one open MRI […]
https://www.hopitaux-nord-ardenne.fr/cherry-services/imagerie/
Provence – Alps – French Riviera – Marseille
Sainte-Marguerite Hospital:
Pavilion 8, lower ground floor,
249 and 270 Boulevard de Sainte-Marguerite
, 13274 Marseille, France.
Tel: +33 4 91 74 60 01.
http://fr.ap-hm.fr/service/radiologie-et-imagerie-medicale-hopitaux-sud
An MRI accessible to all (open-field MRI, featured on the French TV program "C la Santé," 26 min)
MRI devices with a large tunnel in Ile-de-France
Paris
IRM Duroc
5 bd du Montparnasse 75006 Paris
Tel. 01 47 34 69 97
With a tunnel with a wide opening of 70 cm associated with a short magnet (145 cm) open to the front and rear, Duroc MRI allows a significant improvement in patient comfort (silence, lighting, claustrophobia, speed of exams) and offers a full range of applications which makes it possible to reach a level of pre -requirement and quality of higher exam.
http://www.imageryduroc.com/examens/irm
Drouot Clinic,
20 rue Laffitte,
75009 Paris,
Tel: 01 76 21 71 00
Since 2009, we have been equipped with an MRI with high -field wide opening This MRI is clearly oriented towards patient comfort, without compromise on image quality and diagnosis. This is the ideal solution for claustrophobic patients.
http://www.clinique-drouot.com/fiche_generale/irm/
Bachaumont Center
6 rue Bachaumont
75002 Paris
Tel.: 01 79 36 10 00
irm(at)irm-paris.com
Since August 2009, an MRI scanner with a wide bore (Siemens AREA 1.5 T) has been installed in the heart of Paris in Bachaumont.
This MRI scanner, clearly designed for patient comfort without compromising image quality and diagnosis, is truly: the MRI FOR CLAUSTROPHOBES .
http://www.irm-paris.com/les-examens/irm.html
Center Cortambert
43 rue Cortambert
75016 PARIS
Tel. 01 47 04 44 20
I am claustrophobic, will I be able to have the exam?
The MRI scanner at the Cortambert Center has a diameter of 70cm (compared to 60cm for other machines), which drastically reduces the feeling of claustrophobia without compromising image quality. It also allows obese individuals to benefit from this exam. Our staff is trained to assist you, and everything will be done to ensure you can have the exam.
https://www.centre-radiology-paris.com/irm-immingie-medicale-paris.php
Eaubonne
Simone Veil Hospital,
Eaubonne Site,
14 rue de Saint Prix,
95600 EAUBONNE,
Tel: 01 34 06 60 00
, https://www.hopital-simoneveil.fr/
Technical means
: 2 MRI 1.5 Tesla scanners, one with a 70 cm diameter tunnel.
Sarcelles
Private Hospital North Paris
Imaging Center Paris North Sarcelles
6 Avenue Charles Péguy
95200 Sarcelles
Tel. 01 39 90 21 11
The MRI department is equipped with two MRI scanners, including a 3 Tesla MRI.
This MRI offers a significant advancement in the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies.
Thanks to this advanced technology, patient comfort is improved, the tunnel provides more space for the patient lying down (70 cm), and their stress is reduced.
Large bore MRI scanners in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Caluire-et-Cuire
Norimagerie
1-3 Chemin du Penthod
69300 CALUIRE et CUIRE
Tel: 04 72 00 46 46
https://www.norimagerie.com/
[…] A feeling of discomfort for fear of being locked up (claustrophobia) is a common problem that we know well. Our last 2 MRIs have a wider tunnel than the usual MRIs , decreasing this feeling of discomfort. Talk about it as soon as you make an appointment, so that your exam is carried out in the best comfort conditions.
Crolles
Grésivaudan Scanner and MRI Center,
233 rue Henri Fabre,
38920 CROLLES,
Tel: 04 76 08 27 27
, https://www.radiologie-gresivaudan.fr/
The Crolles facility is equipped with an MRI scanner with a wide (70 cm) illuminated tunnel, which greatly reduces the
feeling of confinement.
https://radiology-gresivaudan.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ficiche-pratique-examens-irm.pdf
Grenoble
Belledonne Clinic,
83 Avenue Gabriel Péri,
38400 Saint Martin d'Hères,
Tel: +33 4 76 54 01 01,
https://radiologiebelledonne.fr/
The Belledonne radiology center has upgraded its second 1.5 Tesla wide-bore MRI , equipped with the latest technology.
The machine, installed in 2016, has been updated to retain its original features.
Lyon
MRI
Imaging Center , 25 Avenue des Sources,
69009 Lyon, France
. Tel: +33 4 78 66 20 66.
http://www.irm-des-sources.com/
The design of the new MRI has been redesigned not only in order to offer a large 70 cm tunnel (claustrophobic patients), but also in order to offer excellent quality images even for obese patients. Dstream antennas, are no longer strapped around the patient but simply placed providing much better comfort for it during the exam.
Large bore MRI scanners in Burgundy-Franche-Comté
Sense
Sens Hospital Center
, 1 avenue Pierre de Coubertin,
89108 Sens cedex.
Medical Imaging Department : 03 86 86 11 83
During the summer of 2019, the hospital equipped itself with a new MRI of 1.5 Tesla in order to adapt to the needs of patients and make them benefit from the latest technological developments. […] To improve patient comfort, this device has:
- A wide diameter of the 70 cm tunnel and this helps reduce anxiety
- a detachable examination table with a memory mattress
- a system that reduces sound levels
Large bore MRI scanners in Brittany
Lorient
South Brittany Hospital Group - Lorient
Medical Imaging – Radiology
5 Avenue de Choiseul – BP 12233
56322 Lorient cedex
+33 2 97 06 90 90
https://www.ghbs.bzh/information-transversale/annuaire-des-services/detail-d-un-service-270/imagerie-medicale-radiologie-61.html?cHash=1f0563a5c68f16961b2d41fbdf006d72
This MRI is one more service to the population. There is a demand that increases, we are now able to respond, ”says Thierry Gamond-Rius, director of the Brittany-South Hospital Center (CHBS). MRI now has an widened tunnel to limit the stress of patients during the passage.
Morlaix
Morlaix Regional Hospital Center,
Medical Imaging Department,
15 rue Kersaint Gilly,
P.O. Box 97237,
29672 MORLAIX cedex, France,
+33 2 98 62 61 60,
https://www.ch-morlaix.fr/imagerie-medicale
The tunnel of this device has a diameter of 70 centimeters, against 60 usually. MRI can be an agonizing examination. The one we have now allows you to see the room and thus reassure children and claustrophobic , ”explains Doctor Bourlès, liberal radiologist. Relaxing light tiles will be installed on the ceiling.
https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/morlaix-29600/un-nouvel-appareil-dirm-installe-lhopital-3889013
Rennes
Hôpital Sud
, 16 Boulevard de Bulgarie,
35203 Rennes Cedex 2, France.
: +33 2 99 26 71 55.
Website: https://www.chu-rennes.fr/je-cherche/services-348/radiologie-et-imagerie-medicale-26.html?cHash=a2638cd1bd69abbe55558a7d2147593f#tab3
A pediatric MRI, but not only that
… Quieter and equipped with a 1.5 Tesla magnet, this equipment offers high image quality, the sensitivity of which can be further optimized by injecting a contrast agent. More precise, the examinations are also faster for patients, who benefit from a room equipped with a luminous ceiling that creates the optical illusion of a real sky to reduce anxiety and feelings of claustrophobia .
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc Hospital
Medical Imaging Department
10 Rue Marcel Proust, 22027 Saint-Brieuc cedex 1 +33 2 96 01 71
88
https://www.ch-stbrieuc.fr/Imagerie-Medicale
On the comfort side, this model has a wide and short tunnel for all morphologies. A light ceiling has also been installed. During the exam, the patient has his eyes on a digital sky. "It's more pleasant for people in stress, or claustrophobic ," comments Marie-Pierre Carney.
Large bore MRI scanners in the Grand Est region (Champagne – Ardennes – Alsace – Lorraine)
Epinal
Emile Durkheim Hospital Center
3, avenue R. Schuman
88021 Epinal cedex
Tel: 03.29.68.75.14
Large GRI with latest generation tunnel for whole body imaging
https://ch-emile-durkheim.fr/offre-de-soins/medico-technique/#recrument-non-medical
Maxville
Jacques Callot Medical Imaging Center,
13 bis rue Blaise Pascal,
54320 Maxeville,
Tel: 03.83.98.54.44
Please report to us if you are a claustrophobic; Currently, most people are supporting MRI better thanks to new, broader devices.
https://www.rx125-imaging-medicale-nancy.fr/examen-irm-nancy.php
Metz
Legouest Military Teaching Hospital,
27 avenue de Plantières,
57077 Metz, France.
Main switchboard: +33 3 87 56 46 46.
Email: secretariat.chefferie@hia-legouest.fr
https://etablissements.fhf.fr/annuaire/hopital-site.php?id_etab=8037
[…] The new latest generation machine cost 1.3 million euros, an investment up to an establishment that continues to evolve. The tunnel where the patient passes is ten centimeters wider , 70 centimeters, and a little shorter. CLUSTROPHOBES or FORTS patients in size will be more comfortable. The other advantage will be a shorter examination time , ten minutes instead of fifteen, for example, for a knee or a spine. […]
http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/moselle/2014/04/28/une-nouvelle-irm-al-hopital-legouest
in Metz: a new MRI at Legouest Hospital (Le Républicain Lorrain, April 28, 2014)
Lorraine Center for Medical Imaging
House of consultations at the Robert Schuman Hospital
rue du champ Montoy
BP 55060 VANTOUX
57070 METZ cedex 03
The Celodim is equipped with an MRI Siemens Magnetom Altea. It is the MRI which has the widest exploration tunnel (70 cm equivalent to that of the scanner) and the shortest with a reduction in noise linked to the technique.
– Aube-Marne Hospital Group,
Romilly-sur-Seine Site, Rue Paul Vaillant Couturier,
10100 Romilly-sur-Seine,
Tel.: +33 3 25 21 96 00,
https://www.gham.fr/mise-en-service-de-lirm-romilly-sur-seine
. Excerpt from the hospital & GHT (Territorial Hospital Groupings) information website: Stroke: Soon, an MRI will be available 24/7 at the Aube-Marne Hospital Group
The equipment chosen is an MRI 1.5t travel 70 cm in diameter
Large bore MRI scanners in Hauts-de-France (Nord – Pas de Calais – Picardie)
Beauvais
Beauvais Hospital Centre,
Avenue Léon Blum,
BP 40319,
60021 Beauvais Cedex, France.
Tel: +33 3 44 11 24 93.
http://www.ch-beauvais.fr
The MRI “Large Ring”
http://www.ch-beauvais.fr/Imagerrie-Medicale/Centre-D-Imagerie-Medicale-IRM-Ccanner
It is the seventh MRI "Grand Ring" of France and the second in Picardy after the CHU of Amiens. All generations of confused devices, Picardy has seventeen MRIs.
Dunkirk
Dunkerque Hospital Centre
130, avenue Louis Herbeaux CS 76 367
59385 Dunkerque Cedex 1
Tel: 03 28 28 59 00
https://www.ch-dunkerque.fr/nos-offres-de-soins/liste-des-services/imagerie-medicale/
In the video presentation of the technical platform, we can read that the MRI machine tunnel is 70 cm, which is the dimension of so-called “wide” tunnels.
Lille
The IRIS (Radiological, Interventional and Scintigraphic Imaging) group does not specify which of its seven sites houses the short-tunnel and wide-bore MRI scanners.
Tel: +33 3 20 00 16 50
Claustrophobia / Children
We are equipped with several MRI machines, including a special MRI scanner for claustrophobic patients and children. This MRI scanner has a short, wide tunnel with a television screen that shows films to reduce the feeling of confinement .
Roubaix
Victor Provo Hospital
11-17, boulevard Lacordaire
59100 Roubaix
Tel: 03.20.99.32.87
Since the beginning of 2012, the medical imaging department has replaced one of its two 1.5T MRI scanners with a 3T MRI scanner, also known as a "very high magnetic field" scanner. This latest-generation device is a much more powerful piece of equipment that offers new possibilities for examination (neurology, etc.). Its wider bore allows it to accommodate patients who have difficulty tolerating the limited space of conventional MRI scanners, as well as overweight patients.
In June 2016, the General Electric 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner was replaced by the Siemens Magnetom Aera 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner, which was put into service in September 2016. This scanner offers faster image acquisition speeds, increased precision, and a larger bore diameter for the management of obese patients. […]
http://www.ch-roubaix.fr/nos-services/plateau-medico-technique/Imagerie-Medicale/
Large bore MRI scanners in Normandy
Alençon
16, rue de l’Ecusson
61000 Alençon
Tel. : 02 33 82 49 29
fax: 02 33 82 49 28
Email: contact(at)alencon-ima.fr
A second high -tech MRI has just been installed in the medical imaging center, rue de l'Ecusson in Alençon. […] 55 cm, the tunnel has increased to 70 cm , offering better ease to claustrophobic people or of high corpulence. Soft lighting, with lights of different colors, creates a distressing atmosphere.
http://www.ouest-france.fr/Imagerrie-Medicale-un-Nouvel-IRM-Installe-alencon-2603187
Coutances
Radiology and Medical Imaging Clinic, Coutances,
3 Rue de la Croute,
50200 Coutances,
Tel: 02 33 19 11 33,
https://www.imed-coutances.fr/
- MRI benefits from a wide ring, technology allowing optimal patient comfort.
- If you suffer from anxiety, claustrophobia ..., do not hesitate to indicate it to the appointment to benefit from a hypnosis session prior to the examination.
Le Havre
Jacques Monod Hospital
Imaging Department
29 Av. Pierre Mendès France
Montivilliers
Tel: 02 32 73 33 40
https://www.ch-havre.fr/notre-offre-de-soins/imagerie-pharmacie-laboratoire/
Inbore Experience system , each patient can choose a relaxing animation. Its large 70 cm tunnel also helps reduce anxiety and improve comfort during examination. Its ring being wide, this MRI accommodates patients who have difficulty enduring the limited space of conventional and overweight MRIs.
Large bore MRI scanners in Nouvelle Aquitaine (Poitou-Charentes – Limousin – Aquitaine)
Bordeaux
New Bordeaux Tondu Clinic
Medical Imaging
46 avenue Jean Alfonséa
33270 Floirac
05 56 48 96 22
A Large Tunnel MRI (suitable for overweight people)
http://www.radiology-bordeaux-thiers.fr/nos-cabinets/clinique-du-tondé/
Limoges
Dupuytren Hospital
, 2 avenue Martin-Luther-King,
87042 Limoges cedex, France.
Tel: +33 5 55 05 66 00.
http://www.chu-limoges.fr/radiologie-et-imagerie-medicale,50.html
Another benefit for patients, the 3rd MRI will have a wider tunnel. This characteristic will offer more comfort to children, more contact with their parents present alongside them, but also, will allow obese patients to be taken care of.
Sarlat
Jean Leclaire Hospital Centre
Le Pouget – Avenue Jean Leclaire
24200 – Sarlat la Caneda
Tel: 05 53 31 75 75
Click on “I am here for a medical imaging examination”:
Technical facilities
The medical imaging center at Sarlat Hospital includes:
[…]
1 MRI scanner (1.5 tesla) with a wide field of view, allowing accessibility for obese, claustrophobic, etc. patients…
Large bore MRI scanners in Occitanie
Istres (Bouches du Rhône)
MRI DE L'OLIVIER
Rue Roger Carpentier
13800 Istres
Located in Istres, in the premises adjoining the imaging center and the scanner, the MRI of the olive tree has a very latest generation device equipped with a wide ring allowing examinations in patients of high corpulence (up to 15 kg), and eliminating the feeling of confinement in claustrophobic patients.
Boujan sur Libron (Béziers)
Saint Privat
MRI
, 20 rue de la Margeride
, 34760 Boujan sur Libron,
Tel. 04 67 00 07 01
A new, more efficient MRI with a more comfortable examination ring (70cm ) is installed in July 2016 at the imaging center of the Saint Privat clinic
Montpellier
MRI Department,
80 avenue Augustin Fliche,
34090 Montpellier.
Appointments: +33 4 67 33 78 80 or +33 4 67 33 78 86.
http://www.chu-montpellier.fr/fr/a-propos-du-chu/offre-de-soins/departement/detail/Neuroradiologie/?no_cache=1
As for the high -field MRI of 3 Tesla by Gui de Chauliac, it will be used for clinical and research activity, within the "neuroscience, head and neck" pole. With the latest magnetic resonance imaging technologies, it offers optimal comfort for patients (augmented tunnel diameter), a reduced sound level and better image quality (characterization of fabrics, more contrasting image).
http://www.reseau-chu.org/article/2-nouvelles-irm--montpellier/
Perpignan
20, Avenue du Languedoc
BP 4052
66046 Perpignan
Tel: 04 68 61 66 33
2 MRI Large tunnel
http://www.ch-perpignan.fr/Professionnels/PLATEAU-TECHNIQUE--151.html
Toulouse
Pasteur Clinic Toulouse,
45 avenue de Lombez,
BP 27617,
31076 Toulouse Cedex 3, France
+33 (0)5 62 21 31 31
The radiology center also has two state-of-the-art MRI scanners:
– A 1.5 Tesla MRI with a wide bore, which reduces the feeling of confinement while maintaining comparable power to conventional MRI scanners. This allows for the examination of claustrophobic or obese patients without compromising the quality of the examination. […]
Large bore MRI scanners in the Pays de la Loire region
Tours
Bretonneau Hospital,
Radiology Department – CT and MRI of Professor Cottier
, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé
, 37044 Tours Cedex 9,
Tel: +33 2 47 47 37 25 (Secretariat – Appointments)
https://www.chu-tours.fr/etre-soigne-et-rendre-visite-a-un-patient/joindre-le-chru/liste-des-services/irm/
The Tours University Hospital (CHRU) has acquired a new 3 Tesla MRI scanner. […]
This equipment has a wide-bore (70 cm compared to 60 cm for standard machines) which allows access to high-resolution MRI for a greater number of patients (obese patients, claustrophobic patients). The wide tunnel also helps reduce anxiety and improve the comfort of all patients during the examination.
http://www.reseau-chu.org/article/tours-inauugure-la-priere-irm-3-tesla-de-la-region center
Large bore MRI scanners in Provence – Alps – French Riviera
Antibes
Imaging Center of the Sophia Antipolis-Vallée du Var Hospital Group
, 107 Avenue de Nice
, 06606 ANTIBES Cedex, France.
Tel: +33 4 97 24 77 77
A second, versatile 3T MRI machine delivers
exceptionally high-quality images. A 70 cm tunnel and a screen for viewing relaxing images enhance patient comfort.
The "in-bore" experience makes the examination more comfortable thanks to immersive videos that distract the patient in the tunnel. Reassuring guidance and noise reduction further improve patient satisfaction.
Monaco
Monaco Medical Imaging Center
11 Rue du Gabian
98000 MONACO
Tel. : +377 92057600
The patient's comfort is ensured by the speed of acquisitions and by a very wide tunnel (70cm) , suitable for all morphologies.
Mougins
GIE MOUGINSCAN, an economic interest group comprising the Arnault Tzanck Private Hospital in Mougins Sophia Antipolis and a professional practice of independent radiologists,
122 avenue du Dr Maurice DONAT
06254 MOUGINS
Tel: MRI / CT scan: 04 92 28 30 10
The device also features a wider, well-lit, and ventilated tunnel to reduce feelings of claustrophobia and accommodate overweight patients.
Silent acquisition sequences and the option to use headphones for music during all types of examinations further enhance the patient experience.
