Philips has unveiled BlueSeal Horizon, a new 3.0T MRI innovation platform that includes the world’s first helium-free 3.0T magnet at RSNA 2025. A pivotal advance in MRI innovation, helium-free 3.0T is a major scientific achievement set to have significant impact for health providers and patients.

3.0T MRI systems are the most advanced MRI magnet technology in widespread use, providing high-resolution imaging for research and the most complex clinical cases. These systems excel in capturing the most intricate workings of the body, especially the brain, blood vessels, muscles and joints. Philips has led the development of helium-free MRI since 2018, with more than 2,000 of its 1.5T BlueSeal MRI systems installed worldwide, saving more than six million litres of liquid helium to date. The company is now bringing the same benefits to 3.0T MRI, eliminating the need for helium refills and vent pipes – reducing siting complexity, installation time, and total lifecycle risk.

“With BlueSeal Horizon, we’re freeing MRI from dependence on a valuable resource the world can’t replace and bringing advanced diagnostic capabilities to people previously out of reach. But more than that, BlueSeal Horizon is an entirely new 3.0T innovation platform that combines breakthroughs in hardware with AI-powered software, eliminating the trade-off between imaging speed and precision and improving outcomes for both practitioners and patients,” said Ioannis Panagiotelis, PhD, Business Leader, MR, Philips.

Philips will bring next-generation clinical AI into everyday practice with the introduction of its new BlueSeal Horizon MR platform, simplifying workflows, enhancing diagnostic precision, and expanding access to advanced imaging. Key AI-powered innovations will include the following:

Smart Planning: Expanding to include cardiac imaging, this AI-driven feature will automate time-consuming planning steps. What once required multiple manual actions can now be completed in a single click, achieving automated planning in as little as 30 seconds.

Real-time Scan Preview: Powered by NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform and Open Models (Segment and Generate), it aims to enable faster 3D image reconstruction, denoising, and artifact reduction, so radiologists can preview scans, adjust image quality and speed parameters in real time, and optimise workflow efficiency for more timely diagnosis.

Smart Speed Precise: Dual AI technology will enable scans up to three times faster and images up to 80 percent sharper, helping clinicians capture more detail in less time.

Smart Reading: This tool will integrate cloud-based AI reading and reporting tools directly on the MR system, specifically for neurology and oncology applications.

Together, these innovations will bring advanced clinical AI to the point of care, helping radiology teams achieve faster, sharper, and more consistent imaging results, supporting confident, first-time-right diagnosis.