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<p>The Department does not hold data on the average time taken for patients to receive
relevant Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test results. The Department is, therefore,
unable to make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when
the new scanners are in use. <br> <br> The National Health Service expects that upgrading
one MRI scanner with Artificial Intelligence (AI) acceleration software will lead
to an average of 3.71 additional patients being scanned per day in addition to the
current average of 24 scans a day.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the figures
which estimate that upgrading 100 MRI scanners will mean 130,000 additional patients
receive an MRI test each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Additional
tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner (hourly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional
tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(daily)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional
tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(weekly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional
tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(annual)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scanners
upgraded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional Activity (annual)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>3.71</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>MRI AI acceleration software enables scan acquisition time to be reduced, in
turn enabling scans to be delivered in shorter time frames and therefore improving
the time taken for patients to receive a test result from the point of referral. This
is currently supporting the achievement of optimal levels of throughput to be achieved
in 80 trusts, where 216 scanners have been upgraded.</p>
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