Low‐field MRI: clinical promise and challenges

TC Arnold, CW Freeman, B Litt… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Modern MRI scanners have trended toward higher field strengths to maximize signal and
resolution while minimizing scan time. However, high‐field devices remain expensive to …

Brain imaging with portable low-field MRI

WT Kimberly, AJ Sorby-Adams, AG Webb… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The advent of portable, low-field MRI (LF-MRI) heralds new opportunities in neuroimaging.
Low power requirements and transportability have enabled scanning outside the controlled …

A portable scanner for magnetic resonance imaging of the brain

CZ Cooley, PC McDaniel, JP Stockmann… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Access to scanners for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically limited by cost and by
infrastructure requirements. Here, we report the design and testing of a portable prototype …

Low-field MRI: how low can we go? A fresh view on an old debate

M Sarracanie, N Salameh - Frontiers in Physics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
For about 30 years, MRI set cruising speed at 1.5 T of magnetic field, with a gentle transition
toward 3 T systems. In its first 10 years of existence, there was an open debate on the …

Design of sparse Halbach magnet arrays for portable MRI using a genetic algorithm

CZ Cooley, MW Haskell, SF Cauley… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Permanent magnet arrays offer several attributes attractive for the development of a low-cost
portable MRI scanner for brain imaging. They offer the potential for a relatively lightweight …

Low‐field MRI of stroke: challenges and opportunities

SS Bhat, TT Fernandes, P Poojar… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The reasons for increased
stroke burden in develo** countries are inadequately controlled risk factors resulting from …

External dynamic interference estimation and removal (EDITER) for low field MRI

SA Srinivas, SF Cauley, JP Stockmann… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Point‐of‐care MRI requires operation outside of Faraday shielded rooms normally
used to block image‐degrading electromagnetic interference (EMI). To address this, we …

Bringing MRI to low‐and middle‐income countries: directions, challenges and potential solutions

S Murali, H Ding, F Adedeji, C Qin… - NMR in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The global disparity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a major challenge, with many
low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) experiencing limited access to MRI. The reasons …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of displacement forces and image artifacts in the presence of passive medical implants in low-field (< 100 mT) permanent magnet-based MRI …

CDE Van Speybroeck, T O'Reilly, W Teeuwisse… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the displacement forces and image artifacts associated with passive
medical implants for recently-developed low-field (< 100 mT) MRI systems, and to compare …

Low-Field, Low-Cost, Point-of-Care Magnetic Resonance Imaging

A Samardzija, K Selvaganesan… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently experienced a renaissance that is
largely attributable to the numerous technological advancements made in MRI, including …