hi Lois,i looked up the panorama and below is a quotation from the one of the main manufactureres of the panorama units.Hope this helps

"New Panorama Open MR family: The newly designed Panorama open MR family delivers remarkable speed, ease of use and high quality images ideal for obese, paediatric or claustrophobic patients. Panorama's convenient sideways entry and general spaciousness makes the system extremely patient-friendly."

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Liz in the UK

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Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.

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