Most patients who undergo an MRI scan encounter some level of anxiety. As a result, some move so much that they cause motion artifacts, can’t complete the scan, or don’t show up for the exam. Help patients overcome anxiety by turning MRI into a comfortable, fast, and entertaining experience.
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Prepare patients according to their needs
Patients who prepare for their scan tend to feel less stressed, which helps to reduce workflow disruptions.

MAGNETOM Mini Scanner
The MAGNETOM Mini is a miniature mock-up of the Siemens Healthineers' MRI system, maintaining the same proportions of the original system. It includes a sliding tabletop and interactive buttons that, when pressed, play pre-recorded MRI sequence sounds. This engaging tool helps educate patients, especially children, by demonstrating what to expect during an MRI exam.1 By increasing familiarity with the experience, the MAGNETOM Mini can help reduce anxiety and make the examination feel more approachable and tolerable
Patient Education Video
Patient preparation is a key factor in reducing patient anxiety. Our Patient Education video shows a standard MRI scan, enabling patients to become familiar with the procedure. After watching the video, patients will know what to expect, helping to ease their anxiety.
Patient Meditation
Calm your patients for their MRI exam with our guided meditation. With soothing music and pleasant nature footage, it provides relaxation strategies before the scan. Patients can continue using the learned relaxation techniques during the scan.

MINITOM Kids
MINITOM Kids learning and educational device is our newest contribution to the pediatric patient experience. This child-sized model scanner was created to resemble both our CT and MR systems. It allows children to become familiar with the scan process through interactive exploration.1
MINITOM Kids includes a moveable table, a button that creates scan noises, and a tunnel under the scanner which children can use to practice lying still in the bore. The attached tablet demonstrates how Gerda, the Brave Giraffe which children will recognize from the pediatric patient preparation children's book is scanned.

MAGNETOM Mini Scanner
The MAGNETOM Mini is a miniature mock-up of the Siemens Healthineers' MRI system, maintaining the same proportions of the original system. It includes a sliding tabletop and interactive buttons that, when pressed, play pre-recorded MRI sequence sounds. This engaging tool helps educate patients, especially children, by demonstrating what to expect during an MRI exam.1 By increasing familiarity with the experience, the MAGNETOM Mini can help reduce anxiety and make the examination feel more approachable and tolerable
Patient Education Video
Patient preparation is a key factor in reducing patient anxiety. Our Patient Education video shows a standard MRI scan, enabling patients to become familiar with the procedure. After watching the video, patients will know what to expect, helping to ease their anxiety.
Patient Meditation
Calm your patients for their MRI exam with our guided meditation. With soothing music and pleasant nature footage, it provides relaxation strategies before the scan. Patients can continue using the learned relaxation techniques during the scan.

MINITOM Kids
MINITOM Kids learning and educational device is our newest contribution to the pediatric patient experience. This child-sized model scanner was created to resemble both our CT and MR systems. It allows children to become familiar with the scan process through interactive exploration.1
MINITOM Kids includes a moveable table, a button that creates scan noises, and a tunnel under the scanner which children can use to practice lying still in the bore. The attached tablet demonstrates how Gerda, the Brave Giraffe which children will recognize from the pediatric patient preparation children's book is scanned.

MAGNETOM Mini Scanner
The MAGNETOM Mini is a miniature mock-up of the Siemens Healthineers' MRI system, maintaining the same proportions of the original system. It includes a sliding tabletop and interactive buttons that, when pressed, play pre-recorded MRI sequence sounds. This engaging tool helps educate patients, especially children, by demonstrating what to expect during an MRI exam.1 By increasing familiarity with the experience, the MAGNETOM Mini can help reduce anxiety and make the examination feel more approachable and tolerable


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Create a patient comfort zone
Friendly hospital environments, including a welcoming atmosphere and good physical design have an impact on patients. We help build patient friendly MRI.

BioMatrix Sensors
Addressing motion for high-quality results
Motion and isocentering issues in MRI can impact image quality. BioMatrix Sensors capture motion and coil positioning, ensuring consistency and high-quality results.
BioMatrix Contour Coils
Discover the new benchmark in MRI patient comfort, positioning and imaging performance with our revolutionary BioMatrix Contour Coils. Designed to accelerate your workflow from start to finish, our pioneering ultra-lightweight coils provide blanket-like body coverage for superior imaging results – and enhance everybody’s MRI experience with unrivaled comfort, intelligence and flexibility. Experience the benefits of our revolutionary coils for yourself.

Quiet Suite
Offer patients quiet examinations of the brain, spine, and large joints with Quiet Suite2 – without compromising image quality or scan time.
Your patients benefit from a 99 % reduction in sound pressure2 for complete yet quiet neurological and orthopedic MRI exams.

ComfortSound for MAGNETOM Flow. Platform
ComfortSound enables patients to enjoy high-quality music during MRI examinations and provides a clearer communication between operators and patients throughout the scanning process. It is completely integrated into our BioMatrix Head/Neck Coils, simplifying setup that further enhances patient comfort.

Holistic Design Concepts

BioMatrix Sensors
Addressing motion for high-quality results
Motion and isocentering issues in MRI can impact image quality. BioMatrix Sensors capture motion and coil positioning, ensuring consistency and high-quality results.
BioMatrix Contour Coils
Discover the new benchmark in MRI patient comfort, positioning and imaging performance with our revolutionary BioMatrix Contour Coils. Designed to accelerate your workflow from start to finish, our pioneering ultra-lightweight coils provide blanket-like body coverage for superior imaging results – and enhance everybody’s MRI experience with unrivaled comfort, intelligence and flexibility. Experience the benefits of our revolutionary coils for yourself.

Quiet Suite
Offer patients quiet examinations of the brain, spine, and large joints with Quiet Suite2 – without compromising image quality or scan time.
Your patients benefit from a 99 % reduction in sound pressure2 for complete yet quiet neurological and orthopedic MRI exams.

ComfortSound for MAGNETOM Flow. Platform
ComfortSound enables patients to enjoy high-quality music during MRI examinations and provides a clearer communication between operators and patients throughout the scanning process. It is completely integrated into our BioMatrix Head/Neck Coils, simplifying setup that further enhances patient comfort.

Holistic Design Concepts

BioMatrix Sensors
Addressing motion for high-quality results
Motion and isocentering issues in MRI can impact image quality. BioMatrix Sensors capture motion and coil positioning, ensuring consistency and high-quality results.




Leading MR acceleration
Shorter scan times can help to improve patient experience as well as staff satisfaction. Smooth workflows reduce stress and increase productivity.

Conventional acceleration
iPAT is the backbone of almost all MR sequences on Siemens Healthineers MRI scanners and allows a significant reduction of scan times. Further acceleration can be achieved with Simultaneous Multi-Slice and Compressed Sensing for selected applications. Find out more about our state-of-the-art solutions here.

Deep Resolve
Shorter scan times enabled by Deep Resolve result in a more comfortable patient experience. For patients in pain, this is a priceless and much appreciated improvement. When the scan time is so significantly reduced, the chances of patient motion are also reduced, thereby potentially reducing repeated scans.

Free Breathing Exams
Enhanced comfort for vulnerable and non-compliant patients, when imaging dynamic processes or moving organs. Respiratory triggered or gated exams are available as well as advanced solutions such as CS GRASP-VIBE3 to enable a less stressful scanning experience for patients.
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Decibel measurements and images acquired on MAGNETOM Aera, November 2014. Data on file. Results may vary.
Compressed Sensing GRASP-VIBE for other regions than liver is not for sale in the U.S.
