MAGNETOM Sola Fit

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Overview

The MAGNETOM Sola Fit is a cutting-edge 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system from Siemens Healthineers, designed as an upgrade from the MAGNETOM Aera. It is engineered to enhance clinical capabilities, accelerate acquisition times, and improve patient throughput while maintaining high image quality.

This advanced MRI system integrates pioneering deep learning image reconstruction technology, Deep Resolve, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly accelerate MR scans and deliver unmatched image quality. It also features BioMatrix Technology, which automatically adjusts to patient biovariability, ensuring consistent and reproducible imaging results by overcoming unwarranted variations in MRI exams.

The MAGNETOM Sola Fit is equipped with myExam Companion, an intelligent assistant that supports users during the scan workflow, enabling assisted and push-button examinations. It also incorporates energy-saving technologies like Eco Power Mode and Eco Gradient Mode, contributing to a reduction in energy consumption by up to 40%.

Note: While the prompt referred to this as an “AI tool for a physician directory,” the MAGNETOM Sola Fit is a medical imaging device (MRI scanner) that utilizes AI for image reconstruction and workflow automation, rather than a directory tool.

Reviewed by Pouyan Golshani, MD — Interventional Radiologist

Key Features

  • Deep Resolve: AI-powered deep learning image reconstruction for accelerated scans and enhanced image quality.
  • BioMatrix Technology: Automatically adjusts to patient biovariability for consistent and reproducible results, reducing rescans.
  • myExam Companion: Intelligent assistance and automated scan workflows for simplified operation and push-button examinations.
  • Energy Efficiency: Eco Power Mode and Eco Gradient Mode reduce energy consumption by up to 40%.
  • Compressed Sensing: Enables faster cardiac and dynamic liver exams, including free-breathing applications.
  • Guardian Program: Uses predictive intelligence to address technical issues proactively, minimizing downtime.
  • 70-cm Open Bore: Designed for enhanced patient comfort.
  • Tim 4G Coil Portfolio: Comprehensive coil technology for high signal-to-noise ratio and flexibility.
  • myExam Implant Suite: Simplifies scanning for patients with implants.
  • BioMatrix Beat Sensor: Facilitates complete cardiac MRI exams without ECG leads.

Use Cases

  • Routine and complex diagnostic MRI examinations across various anatomies.
  • Advanced cardiac imaging, including for patients with arrhythmia.
  • Dynamic liver and abdominal imaging with free-breathing capabilities.
  • Neurological imaging for brain and spine.
  • Musculoskeletal (MSK) imaging with accelerated scan times.
  • Whole-body MRI for comprehensive diagnostics.
  • Interventional MRI procedures using compatible devices.

What Physicians Need to Know

DICOM Support & Standards
MAGNETOM Sola Fit fully supports DICOM standards, including color support within MR images, MR quantification via Real World Value Mapping, and archiving/application support for MR spectroscopy objects. It also supports archiving of DTI and other non-image raw data objects.
PACS Integration Method
The system facilitates PACS integration through standard DICOM support and features like 'View&GO' with dual screens, enabling real-time control of scans and review of results, which is compatible with image distribution to PACS.
Reading Room Workflow Impact
MAGNETOM Sola Fit significantly improves workflow by accelerating acquisition times and increasing patient throughput by up to 30%. Its 'myExam Companion' intelligently guides users for push-button examinations, and BioMatrix Technology automatically adjusts to patient variability, reducing rescans and enhancing diagnostic confidence. Respiratory Sensors eliminate the need for navigators in respiratory-triggered sequences, simplifying complex exams like MRCP.
AI Model Architecture (deep learning approach)
The core AI technology is 'Deep Resolve,' a deep learning image reconstruction technology. Deep Resolve Boost utilizes raw-data-to-image deep learning reconstruction, processing raw scanner data with AI algorithms to enhance images from the initial reconstruction steps. It was trained using thousands of curated data pairs comparing accelerated and unaccelerated scans, and includes an automatic data consistency check. Deep Resolve Gain focuses on intelligent denoising, while Deep Resolve Sharp enhances image sharpness by increasing matrix size.
Processing Speed (per study)
Deep Resolve enables acceleration of up to 88%, allowing a complete knee examination in less than 3 minutes, and Deep Resolve Boost can achieve a total knee exam in just two minutes. Brain MRI scan times can be reduced by up to 70% while doubling resolution. Multi-slice turbo spin echo (TSE) reduces musculoskeletal scan times by up to 46%. 'myExam Cardiac Assist' facilitates comprehensive cardiac MRI exams in under 30 minutes.
FDA Clearance Pathway (510k/De Novo)
MAGNETOM Sola Fit received 510(k) clearance (K221733) on September 13, 2022, as an MRI system. Deep Resolve Gain and Deep Resolve Boost were pending 510(k) clearance as of July 2022, with subsequent clearances for newer AI features like Deep Resolve Swift Brain.
Supported Modalities
MAGNETOM Sola Fit is a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system.
Physician Tip

Leverage Deep Resolve technologies (Boost, Sharp) for significantly faster scan times and improved image quality, particularly beneficial for challenging patients or high-volume clinics. Utilize BioMatrix technology to ensure consistent, high-quality imaging across diverse patient populations by adapting to individual biovariability, reducing the need for rescans. The integrated AI-powered workflow enhancements, such as myExam Companion and respiratory sensors, can streamline examination protocols and enhance diagnostic confidence, especially in complex cases like cardiac or abdominal imaging. Consider the potential for increased patient throughput and expanded clinical capabilities with advanced applications like free-breathing exams.

MAGNETOM Sola Fit's robust DICOM support ensures seamless integration with existing PACS and other imaging IT systems for image archiving, viewing, and distribution. The 'Open Recon Framework interface' allows for the application of FDA-cleared third-party reconstruction algorithms, offering flexibility for future AI tool integrations. Compatibility with external software like SyntheticMR's SyMRI further extends its capabilities for quantitative data analysis.

Details

Category Radiology & Imaging AI
Pricing Contact vendor
  • Contact vendor for pricing information; typically involves capital equipment purchase and service agreements
DeploymentOn-premise (hardware)
Compliance
BAA AvailableUnknown AI-estimated
HIPAA CompliantUnknown AI-estimated
FDA Status 1 AI-estimated

The MAGNETOM Sola Fit is cleared by the U.S. FDA as a magnetic resonance diagnostic device (MRDD) (K252838). It is indicated for use to produce transverse, sagittal, coronal, and oblique cross-sectional images, spectroscopic images, and/or spectra, displaying the internal structure and/or function of the head, body, or extremities. These images, when interpreted by a trained physician, yield information that may assist in diagnosis.

Integrations
EHR Not specified
Specialties Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Radiology

What the Web Says

The Siemens MAGNETOM Sola Fit is an MRI system that offers an upgrade path for existing MAGNETOM Aera machines, enhancing them with BioMatrix technology and improved software. Physicians and healthcare providers generally praise the system for its ability to increase patient throughput, improve image quality, and enhance patient comfort through features like faster scan times, a wider bore, and a comfortable, tiltable head/neck coil. The upgrade is also noted for being a cost-effective alternative to purchasing an entirely new MRI system, with less downtime during installation.

Overall: Positive

Strengths

  • Accelerated acquisition times and faster scan times.
  • Increased patient throughput.
  • High and improved image quality, leading to better diagnosis.
  • Enhanced patient comfort due to features like a wide bore and tiltable head/neck coil, reducing claustrophobia and motion artifacts.
  • Cost-effective upgrade solution compared to a new system.
  • BioMatrix technology automatically adjusts to patient biovariability, leading to more consistent and personalized exams.

Limitations

  • Some older software versions (NUMARIS/X VA20A) were vulnerable to the LOG4J exploit, requiring workarounds.
  • Installation, while faster than a full replacement, still requires downtime during which no patients can be scanned.
  • The system is a 1.5T MRI, and while powerful, some facilities may opt for 3T systems for specific advanced imaging needs.
  • Requires adaptation of existing protocols to fully utilize new sequences and acceleration techniques.

Based on reviews from: Siemens Healthineers (via customer testimonials and product information), Mount Sinai Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, VistA Imaging Approved DICOM Modality Interfaces, CebuDoc Group (YouTube), Scribd (FDA 510(k) notification), Delta Medical Systems, St. Joseph's Health Care London (Health System News), Siemens Healthineers Academy, MR in RT (MAGNETOM Flash), SK-CERT, GitHub Gist, accessdata.fda.gov

Last updated: 2026-07-20

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Press & Coverage

Health System News
No Fuss MRI Upgrade - Little Downtime, No Delivery
St. Joseph's Health Care London upgraded two aging MRI units to MAGNETOM Sola Fit, allowing for a full upgrade of sub-systems while keeping the core magnet in place. This creative solution significantly reduced downtime to four weeks compared to three months for a full replacement, and also cut costs by 60%.
2022-11
Siemens Healthineers (via MAGNETOM World)
New Clinical Possibilities and Increased Productivity after Upgrading from MAGNETOM Aera to MAGNETOM Sola Fit
This article details the experience of ZNA Jan Palfijn Hospital in Belgium, which upgraded its MAGNETOM Aera to MAGNETOM Sola Fit, resulting in accelerated acquisition times, increased patient throughput, and maintained high image quality. The upgrade, the world's first, took only 13 working days for installation.
2020-07
Medical Product Outsourcing
Siemens Healthineers Improves Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Deep Resolve
Siemens Healthineers introduced Deep Resolve, an AI-powered solution that accelerates and improves MRI, potentially shortening brain MRI scan times by up to 70% while doubling resolution. Deep Resolve Gain for MAGNETOM Sola Fit is pending 510(k) clearance.
2022-07
FDA.gov
MAGNETOM Sola, MAGNETOM Altea, MAGNETOM Sola Fit with software syngo MR XA51A 510(k) Clearance
This FDA 510(k) clearance document details the substantial equivalence of MAGNETOM Sola, MAGNETOM Altea, and MAGNETOM Sola Fit with syngo MR XA51A software to a predicate device. It outlines new and modified hardware and software features, including myExam 3D Camera and myExam_Autopilot for simplified workflows.
2022-09
Siemens Healthineers Singapore
Moving the needle in MRI productivity
ZNA Jan Palfijn Hospital in Belgium upgraded its MAGNETOM Aera scanner to MAGNETOM Sola Fit, achieving shorter examination times and maintaining high image quality. This led to a 30% increase in productivity, partly due to the AI-powered BioMatrix Select&GO for patient positioning.
2026-07
PMC (PubMed Central)
A novel vascular model yields increased MR perfusion metrics compared to conventional dynamic susceptibility contrast algorithms in untreated glioblastoma
This study, published in Neuro-Oncology Advances, utilized MAGNETOM Sola Fit (1.5 T) among other MRI scanners to analyze glioblastoma. It found that a novel vascular model yielded enhanced hotspot delineation and significantly higher median normalized perfusion values compared to vendor algorithms.
2025-09
MDPI
Differentiating Borderline from Malignant Ovarian-Adnexal Tumours: A Multimodal Predictive Approach Joining Clinical, Analytic, and MRI Parameters
A study on differentiating ovarian-adnexal tumors used MAGNETOM Sola Fit (1.5T) scanners. The research aimed to improve diagnostic accuracy by combining clinical, analytical, and MRI parameters, showing significant improvement in predicting borderline ovarian tumors.
2026-02
PMC (PubMed Central)
Scanner-Independent MyoMapNet for Accelerated Cardiac MRI T1 Mapping Across Vendors and Field Strengths
This retrospective study utilized cardiac MRI images, including those from a Siemens 1.5T MAGNETOM Sola Fit at Weill Cornell Medical Center, to develop a scanner-independent MyoMapNet for accelerated cardiac MRI T1 mapping. The study aimed to improve efficiency and consistency across different MRI systems.
2023-01

Videos

Product demos, reviews, and walkthroughs for MAGNETOM Sola Fit.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The AI-powered Deep Resolve technology significantly improves image reconstruction, allowing for faster scans while maintaining or enhancing image quality and reducing noise. It can accelerate acquisition times by up to 88%, enabling quicker examinations and increased patient throughput.
The MAGNETOM Sola Fit, including its AI features like Deep Resolve, has received FDA clearance, indicating it meets established safety and effectiveness standards for medical devices. Siemens Healthineers adheres to medical device regulations, including those concerning data handling, though specific institutional data privacy protocols remain crucial.
MAGNETOM Sola Fit distinguishes itself with BioMatrix Technology, which uses AI to adapt to patient variability, reducing rescans and ensuring consistent, high-quality results. Its Deep Resolve AI also offers substantial acceleration and image improvement, aiming to provide 3T-like scan times on a 1.5T system.
While specific pricing isn't publicly detailed, Siemens Healthineers MRI systems, with advanced AI features, may represent a higher initial acquisition cost. However, the AI's ability to accelerate scans, reduce rescans, and increase patient throughput can lead to improved operational efficiency and a favorable return on investment over time.
While designed to enhance performance, AI algorithms are trained on specific datasets and may have inherent biases or limitations in handling highly unusual patient anatomies or pathologies not well-represented in their training. Physicians should maintain clinical oversight, as AI serves as a tool to assist, not replace, expert interpretation.
Features like myExam Companion and BioMatrix Technology use AI to automate routine tasks, simplify scan workflows, and adapt to patient biovariability, making exams more efficient. This intelligent automation, combined with patient-focused coils, enhances patient comfort and reduces the need for breath-holds.
While the search results don't explicitly detail direct EHR integration for AI features, MAGNETOM Sola Fit, as an MRI system, produces standard DICOM images. These images, enhanced by AI reconstruction, are designed to seamlessly integrate into existing PACS for storage, viewing, and reporting by physicians.

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