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Siemens MAGNETOM Vida 3T

Manufacturer: Siemens Healthineers · Modality: MRI

First 3 T MRI with BioMatrix Technology (ECR 2017). Positioned above the clinical-3T Skyra / Lumina tier on gradient performance while keeping the 70 cm wide bore the Siemens 3T family is built around. The XT gradient option is the defining feature — 60 mT/m amplitude and 200 T/m/s slew, delivering advanced-imaging capability without stepping to the 60 cm bore of Prisma.

Platform highlights

  • XT gradient system — 60 mT/m amplitude, 200 T/m/s slew, ~2.7 MW gradient power. Higher amplitude than Skyra / Lumina's 45 mT/m; yields up to ~25% greater SNR in diffusion-weighted imaging on the OEM datasheet.
  • BioMatrix Technology — first 3 T BioMatrix installation. Integrated respiratory / cardiac sensors, per-patient shim and RF tuning via BioMatrix Tuners, BioMatrix coil / table interfaces.
  • 70 cm wide bore with 55 × 55 × 50 cm³ measurement field.
  • Turbo Suite (current revisions) — Compressed Sensing + Deep Resolve acceleration for shorter sequences at matched or improved image quality.
  • SMS (Simultaneous Multi-Slice) — advanced DWI / DTI protocol acceleration.
  • RESOLVE — readout-segmented EPI for high-resolution brain / spine diffusion.

Specs

  • 3 T · 70 cm wide bore
  • XT gradients — 60 mT/m / 200 T/m/s
  • 55 × 55 × 50 cm³ FOV
  • Tim 4G + BioMatrix table, sensors, tuners
  • syngo MR XA host
  • Deep Resolve + Compressed Sensing (Turbo Suite, current)
  • RESOLVE, SMS, quantitative mapping (T1, T2, T2*)

Clinical positioning

  • Neuro — advanced DTI / fMRI / spectroscopy without stepping to the 60 cm-bore Prisma; SNR gain in diffusion from the stronger gradient.
  • MSK — high-resolution cartilage, short-T2 tissues benefit from gradient-demanding sequences.
  • Cardiac — short breath-hold 3D LGE, T1 / T2 mapping, 4D flow.
  • Oncology — body DWI and pharmacokinetic DCE protocols.

Relationship to siblings

  • MAGNETOM Skyra 3T — legacy clinical-3T sibling.
  • MAGNETOM Lumina 3T — current clinical-3T BioMatrix sibling. Vida sits above Lumina on gradient performance at the same 70 cm bore.
  • MAGNETOM Prisma 3T — 80 mT/m research-grade gradient, 60 cm bore. Higher gradient than Vida but narrower aperture; different research/clinical trade-off.
  • MAGNETOM Sola 1.5T — 1.5 T BioMatrix counterpart on the same chassis family.

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