Dr. Catalá March appreciates the constant improvement that is made possible through Canon technology and ongoing collaboration with Canon Medical.

“Just as an example, Canon Medical’s Deep Learning has allowed us to go further in diagnosis and patient care through enabling examinations with 80% less radiation dose, 40% less dose of iodinated contrast, and higher image quality. This is what we are looking for: technological changes that are beneficial for patients and for the medical team,” he explained.

“With our new acquisition of the latest generation, Canon Medical’s MR system the Vantage Galan 3T, we have taken a great qualitative leap in our protocols, expanding new sequences that improve diagnosis - changing diagnostic paradigms in some of our processes. Particularly relevant is the integration of AI through Canon’s AiCE technology,” he continued.

“Equally important, is the possibility to perform comfortable and silent examinations using new techniques, from which the patient gains in comfort and in much shorter scanning times, all thanks to the rapid acquisition of Compressed SPEEDER for 3D sequences. Another aspect to highlight is the wider gantry diameter, which is a help for claustrophobic and obese patients. We also have advanced post-processing.

The collaboration agreement with Canon Medical Systems allows the Instituts Guirado to constantly update the latest diagnostic techniques, such as, tractography, functional studies and MRI-Neurography, etc.

With the Vantage Galan 3T MRI, in particular, the diagnostic center has been able to add more sequences that add great value.

“One example of this is our studies of Meniere's disease and hydrops, which we have carried out for some years. The high resolution and post-processing of the acquired images, allows us to detect changes that have not been visible until now, related to pathologies in the membranous labyrinth.”

Another example is in oncology studies. The acquisitions achieved with Compressed SPEEDER for 3D technology, AiCE - Deep Learning, Atlas SPEEDER coils and all MRI expert packages, offer customization and rigor to these very sensitive diagnoses for the patient.

“We continue, hand-in-hand with Canon Medical. Growing and sharing enables us to continually advance. Canon Medical understands our philosophy, listens to our needs, and observes our working methods,” said Dr. Catalá March. “Together, we achieve synergy in our work. We feel very comfortable with Canon’s response to our diagnostic requirements, which are focused on early and better diagnosis leading to optimal treatment, we aim to build a better and healthier future.”

"The “know how” of an institution provides an active value that we pay a lot of attention to and from Instituts Guirado we promote the acquisition of state of the art technology that gives to the professionals and new talents the tools and the environment we need for our research and continuous training," said Dr. Catalá March.