The new Echelon 1.5T MRI has higher-order active shim, RAPID parallel imaging, a scalable 8-channel RF system, multiple coil ports, an advanced reconstruction engine and more. Its computer system, VERTEX, is the integration of a multiprocessor CPU and an advanced scan/reconstruction engine.
Hitachi's SceptreC Cardiac PET system designed specifically for cardiac PET, and may serve as an as an alternative solution to SPECT or PET/CT for myocardial perfusion and viability studies. The SceptreC utilizes both Rubidium-82 for myocardial perfusion and 18-FDG for myocardial viability procedures.