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 …

Low‐field MRI: An MR physics perspective

JP Marques, FFJ Simonis… - Journal of magnetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, clinical MRI started with main magnetic field strengths in the∼ 0.05–0.35 T
range. In the past 40 years there have been considerable developments in MRI hardware …

Low-field magnetic resonance imaging: its history and renaissance

M Hori, A Hagiwara, M Goto, A Wada… - Investigative …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems have seen a renaissance recently
due to improvements in technology (both hardware and software). Originally, the …

Survey of magnetic resonance imaging availability in West Africa

GI Ogbole, AO Adeyomoye, A Badu-Peprah… - Pan African Medical …, 2018 - ajol.info
Introduction: The availability and utilization of MRI units across sub-Saharan Africa countries
remain poor and its distribution is largely unknown. A cross-sectional survey was conducted …

MRI scarcity in low‐and middle‐income countries

M Jalloul, M Miranda‐Schaeubinger… - NMR in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the introduction of MRI as a sustainable diagnostic modality, global accessibility to its
services has revealed a wide discrepancy between populations—leaving most of the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of magnetic resonance imaging on healthcare in low-and middle-income countries

BS Hilabi, SA Alghamdi, M Almanaa - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) played a significant role in the digital health platforms
that influenced and supported modern medicine. However, there is a shortage of MRI in low …

Low-field magnetic resonance imaging: a new generation of breakthrough technology in clinical imaging

R Heiss, AM Nagel, FB Laun, M Uder… - Investigative …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a pivotal role in diagnostic imaging. In today's
clinical environment, scanners with field strengths of 1.5 to 3 T are most commonly used …

Integrating a low-field open MR scanner with a static proton research beam line: proof of concept

SM Schellhammer, AL Hoffmann, S Gantz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
On-line image guidance using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is expected to improve the
targeting accuracy of proton therapy. However, to date no combined system exists. In this …

Sustainable low-field cardiovascular magnetic resonance in changing healthcare systems

C Qin, S Murali, E Lee, V Supramaniam… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular disease continues to be a major burden facing healthcare systems
worldwide. In the developed world, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a well …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging techniques in veterinary medicine. Part II: Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine

A Greco, L Meomartino, G Gnudi, A Brunetti… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Radiography and ultrasonography are the most used techniques in veterinary clinical
practice, due to organizational, managerial and, mostly, economic reasons. However, in the …