Frequently Asked Questions

Mobile MRI units are usually used as temporary solutions. For example, during renovations, long-term maintenance or insufficient capacity. But they can also be used to bring care closer to the patient and at multiple locations.

Our MRI trailers are fully operational in about 60 minutes and our modular MRI in about 4 hours. Working lights are fitted throughout on the outside of the units, so the driver can also set up the mobile MRI in the morning or at night if required.

Our MRI trailers and CT trailers are fully operational in about 60 minutes and our modular MRI in about 4 hours. Working lights are fitted throughout on the outside of the units, so the driver can also set up the mobile MRI early in the morning or at night if required.

The two-axle trailer has a co-steering rear axle. Including the MRI scanner, it weighs about 28 tons.

The mobile MRI works like a normal scanner in a hospital, so its own lab technicians work in the same familiar way as they do inside the hospital walls.

The mobile MRI looks very neat inside and, despite the limited space, it looks spacious. Besides the scanning room, there is a large work area for the lab technician and a changing room for the patient. The mobile MRI is also equipped with climate control and underfloor heating and its own (emergency) generator.

If patients go to the mobile MRI via a corridor, they have the idea that they are still in the hospital. Moreover, the trailer is often just as tidy as in the hospital, so patients generally actually experience the mobile MRI very positively.

Medispace's mobile MRIs are equipped exclusively with the most common and high-quality equipment from GE Healthcare and Siemens. As a result, the MRI scanners in our fleet are often of the same quality as those of the hospital itself.

Our service and maintenance is coordinated with Healthcare providers in the Netherlands. Of course, maintenance is performed locally, but all contacts are through a fixed contact person in the Netherlands, the UK or Germany. 

The MRI is built into an RF cage and fitted with steel shielding to shield the magnetic field, as in a traditional hospital setup. Conduits, switch boxes, power and water supplies and lighting are ingeniously concealed. The data connection seamlessly links the mobile MRI to the hospital's own PACS system.

The MRI trailers can be deployed for a period of 1 day, 1 week, 1 year or longer. The modular buildings can be deployed for a period of 8 weeks or more.