The Hallmarq standing equine MRI system was first developed in 2001-2003 and 45 systems have been installed since that time around the world.

On the basis of the clinical experience gained by scanning over 18,000 horses, and new innovations by our development team, Hallmarq released a new model, the EQ2, in late 2006.
   
The EQ2 platform is unique to Hallmarq and has been developed specifically to meet the requirements for scanning the standing equine, providing high quality clinical images for efficient image reading and diagnosis.

EQ2 enabled protocols greatly assist the routine scanning of the foot, pastern, fetlock, carpus, and both fore and hind high suspensory ligaments of the standing sedated horse.

This is achieved using our new specialised hardware combined with dedicated motion detection and correction algorithms protocols which have been specifically developed to scan the standing equine.

EQ2 includes improved motion correction capabilities for gradient echo, spin-echo and fat suppressed STIR MR sequences

For the more difficult horse or the more challenging location (eg the tarsus) the short imaging time of the EQ2 protocols allows rapid and convenient scanning of a horse under general anaesthesia.