How can we better understand the complexity of the brain? How can we measure and visualize body physiology? To answer such questions in the fields of neurology, physiology or tissue metabolism, the Magnetom Prisma MRI scanner from Siemens Healthcare will offer a new level of MRI imaging capabilities. The 3-tesla scanner combines high gradient strength and fast gradient slew rates in a way that is unprecedented for commercial whole-body systems worldwide. Based on the same technology platform as the leading 3-tesla scanner Magnetom Skyra, the Magnetom Prisma is capable of extraordinarily high spatial and temporal resolution to achieve outstanding image quality, especially in very demanding applications. To also provide existing customers with these new possibilities, Siemens will offer to upgrade the 3-tesla scanner Magnetom Trio to the latest technology of Magnetom Prisma. The Magnetom Prisma was presented at the 98th Congress of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2012 in Chicago with a planned European availability in the second half of 2013. It is another innovation under the Agenda 2013 initiative of the Siemens Healthcare Sector.