The revolutionary design of FONAR’s Upright™ MRI allows patients to simply walk in and be scanned. The Upright™ MRI allows all parts of the body, particulary the spine and joints, to be imaged in the weight bearing state. The system is equipped with a unique MRI-compatible motorized patient handling system that will move the patient into the magnet and place the anatomy of interest into the centre of the magnet gap. It can also rotate the vertically-oriented patient into a horizontal position so the patient can be scanned lying down as in conventional MRI scanning

Scan patients in flexion, extension, rotation and lateral bending
Scan patients in a sitting position
Scan patients lying down
Scan patients in their position of pain
Scan cardiovascular patients upright to prevent discomfort lying down

All this with no claustrophobia or anxiety for the patient