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Siemens MAGNETOM Sempra 1.5T

Manufacturer: Siemens Healthineers · Modality: MRI

Economy-tier 1.5 T MRI in the current Siemens portfolio. Positioned for small hospital, outpatient, and emerging-market installations where the capital, siting, and operating economics of Aera / Sola / Lumina are out of scope. The positioning differentiators are a small building footprint and reduced connected load — not a bore or field compromise.

Platform highlights

  • 70 cm wide bore — shared with the rest of the current Siemens 1.5 T chassis line. Sempra does not compromise bore to hit its economy positioning; it inherits the 70 cm aperture that supports bariatric and claustrophobic-comfort use cases.
  • Tim 4G coil platform — ultra-high-density MSK coil options and current-generation parallel-imaging support. Coil ecosystem is broadly compatible with other current Siemens 1.5 T platforms.
  • Small footprint (<25 m²) — one of the smallest-install 1.5 T MRI rooms in the industry. Construction costs and building-services load drop accordingly.
  • Low connected load — reduced electrical / chilled-water requirements relative to higher-tier Siemens 1.5 T platforms. Emerging-market and outpatient sites with constrained infrastructure benefit.
  • Dot workflow — three Dot engines shipped as part of the standard package. Dot (Day optimizing throughput) protocols standardize exam workflow across technologists.
  • 10-minute exam protocols — OEM-cited throughput baseline for routine clinical work (brain / spine / MSK cover ~75% of routine daily volume per Siemens positioning).

Specs

  • 1.5 T · 70 cm wide bore
  • Tim 4G coil platform
  • Dot workflow (three engines in standard package)
  • Footprint <25 m²
  • Reduced connected-load (power + chilled water) vs higher-tier Siemens 1.5 T
  • syngo MR host

Clinical positioning

  • Routine neuro / spine / MSK — the Sempra's sweet spot; these categories dominate daily volume at small hospitals and outpatient imaging.
  • Community hospital replacement of legacy 1.5 T — Sempra's siting economics support brownfield deployment where a higher-tier scanner wouldn't fit.
  • Emerging markets — construction and operating cost economics are the primary drivers.
  • Outpatient and specialty sites — orthopedic / sports / women's health imaging centers where throughput and reliability matter more than research-tier capability.

Relationship to siblings

Relationship to competitors

  • GE Signa Explorer 1.5T — direct economy-tier 1.5 T competitor. Explorer runs a 60 cm bore; Sempra runs 70 cm — a meaningful patient-comfort differentiator.
  • Philips Ingenia 1.5T — mainstream sibling class.

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