Your Guide to Medical Imaging Equipment

When you make an MRI purchase, it’s not often that the MRI scanner itself is the only thing you’re paying for. Because of that, we looked back at our experiences partnering with imaging facilities around the world to help you ensure you’re getting everything you’ll really need.  

Periodically, Block Imaging awards a distinctive company or product our 'Best in Class' designation. Today, we'd like to recognize our favorite wide-bore (70cm) MRI systems. While we normally narrow down to one specific product, there are two outstanding models that have differentiated themselves so well among wide-bore scanners that we couldn't pick! Our 2019 Best in Class wide-bore MRI winners are the Siemens Espree and the GE 450W. Here are a few reasons why they're both so deserving.

Each and every day, our team has the opportunity to speak with dozens of imaging providers to discuss potential equipment upgrades from MR, to CT, cath labs, C-arms, PET/CT, digital mammo, bone densitometry, X-ray, and R/F rooms. Often, a conversation starts with price when in reality there are at least four key questions to tackle before narrowing in on the ever-so-important price question.

Each season, Block Imaging extends an award to a distinctive company or product in a given space. Today, that space is outstanding value among full-size C-arm systems and the product is GE's OEC 9800.

Over the years, Block Imaging has supported buyers around the world with Siemens, GE, Philips, Toshiba, Hitachi, and Neusoft CT Scanners, from single-slice systems in the 90s to 128-slice models today.  Given this wide experience with so many system varieties, we’ve seen a number of makes and models distinguish themselves in different ways and at different times. Right now, GE stands out. The following are four of the biggest reasons why we recommend considering GE CT scanners first in the search for your next CT.