An evolution of low-field strength MRI

Abstract: The paper describes the evolution of low-field MRI from the very early pioneering days in the late 70 s until today. It is not meant to give a comprehensive historical account of the development of MRI, but rather to highlight the different research environments then and now. In the early 90 s, when low-field systems below 1.5 T essentially vanished, there were just no reasonable means available to make up for the factor of roughly three in signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) between 0.5 and 1.5 T. This has drastically changed. Improvements in hardware—closed Helium-free magnets, RF receiver systems and especially much faster gradients, much more flexible sampling schemes including parallel imaging and compressed sensing and especially the use of AI at all stages of the imaging process have made low-field MRI a clinically viable supplement to conventional MRI. Ultralow-field MRI with magnets around 0.05 T are also back and constitute a bold and courageous endeavor to bring MRI to communities, which have neither the means nor the infrastructure to sustain a current standard of care MRI

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Magnetic resonance materials in physics, biology and medicine. - 36, 3 (2023) , 335-346, ISSN: 1352-8661

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Freiburg
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2023
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DOI
10.1007/s10334-023-01104-z
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2370255
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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