A new MRI machine is installed at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Patients at Butler Memorial Hospital will soon be able to benefit from the latest in imaging technology, as the hospital began installing a new MRI machine on Monday.

Tom Raraigh, the director of radiology and cardiology at Butler Health System, said workers moved the machine into the hospital Monday, but it will be about three weeks before imaging technicians can start using it.

Between now and then, the room housing the new machine will have to be finished, and engineers have hundreds of cables to connect and a week of testing to ensure everything is perfect.

A full report will appear in the Tuesday edition of the Butler Eagle.