Description
In March 2024, Siemens Healthineers announced the FDA clearance of the MAGNETOM Terra.X, a second-generation clinical 7-tesla magnetic resonance imaging scanner that dramatically advances the capabilities of 7T MR scanning with new hardware and XA60A software.
In September 2024, the MAGNETOM Terra.X, manufactured in China, received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China.
The MAGNETOM Terra.X is the successor to the MAGNETOM Terra, which debuted in 2017 as the world’s first 7T clinical MR scanner, enabling extremely high-resolution imaging. An upgrade to the MAGNETOM Terra.X for installed MAGNETOM Terra systems was included in the FDA clearance, as was an upgrade for the MAGNETOM Terra to the XA60A software version.
The new Ultra IQ Technology of the MAGNETOM Terra.X introduces an unprecedented level of image quality for 7T scanning. The world’s first clinical eight-channel parallel transmit architecture enables a degree of image clarity that reveals even extremely subtle pathological details.
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Key Users
Lists of key users of MAGNETOM Terra.X worldwide| Date | User | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03 | Tangdu Hospital (空军军医大学唐都医院) | Shaanxi, China | The first 7T MRI in Northwest China |
| 2025-03 | The People's Hospital of Nanshan District, Shenzhen City (深圳市南山区人民医院, 华中科技大学协和深圳医院) | Guangdong, China | This is the first 7T MRI equipment manufactured in China. The bidding price is RMB 94.6 million in September 2024. |
| 2024-09 | Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at WashU Medicine | Missouri, USA | Initial applications of the scanner will be dedicated to studies of neurological disease diagnoses and management. Eventually, it will be used to see throughout the human body to diagnose cancer and follow response-to-treatment journeys. |
| 2024-09 | Fujian Hospital of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (复旦大学附属华山医院福建医院) | Fujian, China | The first 7.0T MRI system for clinical applications in Fujian Province. |
| 2024-06 | Paris Brain Institute | Paris, France | Inaugurated on November 25, 2024, to develop a new hub of expertise in ultra-high-field MRI neuroimaging in the Paris Region, identify innovative diagnostic, prognostic and follow-up imaging markers for therapeutic trials, and ultimately benefit patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders. |
| 2024-05 | Xiangya Hospital (湘雅医院) | Hunan, China | China's first 7T MRI for clinical applications. |
| 2024-03 | Auburn University | Alabama, USA | Auburn University is now home to the world's first field-installed, clinically approved parallel transmit MAGNETOM Terra.X ($9 million). |
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In 2024 Auburn University installed a $9 million Siemens Magnetom Terra.X 7 Tesla MRI scanner, offering researchers high-resolution brain imaging to advance studies on neuron activity, decision-making, and disorders like autism and Alzheimer’s.
“Our new Terra.X 7 provides us with eight transmit channels, giving us more comprehensive images. Sodium imaging allows us to measure sodium levels regionally in the brain, which can help identify abnormalities.”
— Thomas Denney, Director of the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center, Alabama, USA
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On Sunday June 9, 2024, it was a long-awaited event for Paris Brain Institute to install MAGNETOM Terra.X 7T MRI.
“We had been planning to acquire this MRI since the Institute was first established in 2010. However, it took several years to optimize the 7T technology for brain exploration. Purchasing this sort of equipment also came at an extremely high cost. A room has been reserved for it since the building was constructed, with its framework planned to be able to withstand a 40- ton weight. But the room still needed to be fitted out, and the fastest and easiest way to get the magnet into the imaging facility devised. This required dismantling an external wall and internal partitions of the building, to reach the MRI’s intended room.”
— Professor Stéphane Lehericy, Scientific director of Paris Brain Institute’s imaging facility (CENIR), France