TimDeliver exceptional quality and speed in MRI. With Tim.
In 2003, Siemens launched Tim integrated coil technology, changing MRI forever. Featuring excellent image quality and fast acquisition speed, this proven technology has been installed over 10,000 times to date. Tim's extended coverage means no repositioning for multiple exams, and more exams per day.
The newest generation - Tim 4G - is setting new benchmarks.
Delivering 4G Flexibility, 4G Accuracy and 4G Speed.
- Up to 204 coil elements. Up to 128 RF channels.
- Exceptional SNR and image quality with high channel coils and the unique RF architecture enabling DirectRF for true signal purity.
- Excellent image quality with up to 40%1 reduced scan times.
4G Flexibility
- Up to 204 coil elements with up to 128 independent RF channels for higher SNR and speed
- Ultra high-density coil array for a scan range up to 205 cm with no coil repositioning
- Light-weight, patient-friendly coils enable more flexibility in patient set-up
4G Accuracy
- High-resolution imaging from head to toe with high channel coils
- Fully digital DirectRF architecture with transmit and receive components at the magnet for true signal purity and stability
- TimTX TrueForm, providing excellent B1 homogeneity at 3T
- ZOOMit powered by TimTX TrueShape - Zoomed imaging to see the details and making full use of parallel transmit
4G Speed
- Easier and quicker set-up with improved Tim 4G DirectConnect and SlideConnect coils
- Tim Dockable Table is mobility done right
- iPAT2 allowing parallel imaging in two directions for fast data acquisition
All digital-in/digital-out. With MAGNETOM.
Features and Benefits
Tim 4G's unique architecture:
The only fully digital MRI.
Tim 4G systems deliver exceptional image quality by optimizing the entire signal chain. The integrated coil technology is more than just high-channel coils – it is a completely digital RF architecture with a unique DirectRF design.
DirectRF – fully digital design
Integration of all transmit and receive components at the magnet, enabled by the unique digital-in and digital-out design with fiberoptic cables between the magnet and equipment room.
- Enabler for real-time feedback loops
- Higher signal purity and improved stability
- Enhanced image quality, less noise
- Easier siting
Real-time feedback loop
Dynamic feedback control of the RF transmit system for higher temporal stability and power linearity.
- Exellent signal stability
- Accuracy and stability in transmission
Tim 4G coils
Tim 4G’s wide coil portfolio includes ultra-high channel coils and enables highest coil element density.
- Designed for excellent SNR and speed
- Designed with patient comfort in mind
- Designed for optimized ease-of-use
Dual-density signal transfer
Signals from two different coil elements can be sent with different frequencies on a single wire, unlocking the potential for higher density coils. The signals are separated again in the receiver to enable a unique 1-to-1 element /channel relationship.
- Less signal interference, greater robustness
- Higher SNR
- Less and thinner cables enable easier handling of high-channel coils
Clinical Benefits
Fast, high-resolution imaging
enables Siemens unique applications such as CAIPIRINHA for ultra-fast breath holds or TimCT (Continous Table move) for a smooth workflow for large Field of View applications.
Larger and more flexible coverage
Up to 204 coil elements can be used in combination with up to 128 RF channels.
- The extensive coil portfolio offers extended coverage and more flexibility in scanning diverse body regions
- Dual-Density Signal Transfer enables a higher number of coil elements, higher SNR and 50% fewer cables
(T2 TSE, matrix 512, iPAT 4, TA 2:03 min, MAGNETOM Skyra)
Patient Benefits
Maximized patient comfort:
- Tim 4G coils are light weight and flexible in use for increased patient cooperation and satisfaction.
- Patient-friendly coil design (e.g. “holes” in the Body 18 coil for breathability)
- Innovative open design makes it easier to handle immobile patients
Business Benefits
40% higher productivity with Tim3
Change in productivity after a Tim upgrade at X-Leme Clinic in Brazil in 2006.
Additional increase in productivity with Tim 4G's Dockable Table.
- Prepare patients outside the scanner room
- Integrated Spine coil
- Easy transport, comfort for immobile patients, and flexibilty in emergency situations
- fits the needs for patients up to 250 kg supporting full weight capacity in vertical and horizontal movement
Faster set-up times and focus on the patient – with DirectConnect and
SlideConnect coils
- Faster connections
- Easier set-up
- Less hassle
Future Security with an advancing coil portfolio
- broad coil portfolio, allowing to perform all applications from routine to advanced to help you offering comprehensive MRI services and high quality care to your patients.
- new coil developments - keeping you always secure, always ahead
What do experts say?
The superiority of Tim 4G.
Tim 4G sets the next standard in MRI and proves it every day,
providing excellent 4G flexibility, 4G accuracy and 4G speed.
… and our customers confirm it.
“Siemens again succeeded in setting a new standard of imaging”
(in MSK imaging)
Professor C. Pfirrmann, MD
University of Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland
Member of Advisory Board Orthopedic Diagnostics
"Our initial experience shows that the images are exceptional, and the handling of the system and the patient will make MRI diagnostics much more efficient in the future. Thus, this opens the horizon for further integration of cutting-edge scientific developments into clinical routine”
Professor Stefan Schönberg, MD
University Medical Center Mannheim, Germany
About MAGNETOM Skyra
"The Skyra is going to change the game again. … because of the way they’ve redesigned the magnet itself, the RF system, the coil technology. All of that combined has allowed us to increase our throughput, and improve, while increasing our throughput, our image quality”.
Bob Day
Chief Technical Officer
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology, USA
Tim has proven its benefits:
“Although Tim stands for Total imaging matrix, after experiencing the MAGNETOM Symphony with Tim myself I have decided that Tim stands for Total improvement.”
Dr. Johan Dehem
VZW Jan Yperman, Belgium
“…after the Tim Upgrade we reduced scan times from 30 minutes to 20 minutes....”
Dr. Heraldo Mello Neto
X-Leme Clinic, Brazil
“Now with Tim, I can change coils with a mouth-click.”
Lawrence Wald
Director of NMR Core Facility,
Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
“Tim is one of the most significant developments in MRI in the past ten years.”
Edmon A. Knopp,
New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA
“With the Tim Upgrade for my MAGNETOM Symphony the image quality was increasing significantly. The results of the upgrade were exceeding our expectations.”
Dr. Franz Fellner
AKH Linz, Austria
“20% more patient throughput with Tim.”
Prof. Dr. Volkher Engelbrecht
St. Marien Hospital Amberg, Germany
“Tim technology is revolutionary! It has been instrumental and indispensible in jumpstarting MR Whole Body Imaging. This imaging strategy has matured and has a great potential to turn into a very significant examination in the near future.”
Dr. Gladys Lo
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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