VoxelGrids Builds India’s First Indigenous MRI Scanner

Key facts

• VoxelGrids, a Zoho-backed start-up, has developed the country’s first indigenous MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner.
• The machine, with a Magnetic Field Strength of 1.5 tesla, is not just a locally made version of MRIs from global giants like Siemens or GE HealthCare but comes with its own technological advancements.
• VoxelGrids’ MRI scanners, due to the absence of liquid helium, are around 40 per cent cheaper to build.
• The electronics around the magnet are extremely well-packaged while maintaining the same bore-size making it far more power efficient and reducing operating costs exponentially.
• The scanner has been deployed at Chandrapur Cancer Care Foundation (CCCF) near Nagpur.
• The company already has the capacity to make 20-25 such scanners per year at its Bengaluru manufacturing facility.