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THE MANY USES OF MULTIPARAMETRIC MRI
Multiparametric MRI is the combination of multiple types of data acquired during a single #MRI session. Evidence is accumulating that this approach offers enhanced clinical value over conventional MRI in an increasing number of disease modalities.
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PROMISE OF PORTABLE MRI
Although they can’t compete with their larger siblings in terms of image quality, small, portable MRI scanners that operate at very low magnetic fields are finding niches where their benefits shine.
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MRI IN INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTICS
The emergence of cross-discipline technologies, such as advanced information technology, has profoundly influenced these areas and has led to the birth of new discipline, integrated diagnostics.
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FUTURE IN MRI
International experts in clinical MRI explain what they think are the major challenges, and the opportunities, facing MRI in the immediate future.
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MRI TECHNOLOGY
Over decades of effort to improve efficiency and image quality in MRI technology, machines with the capacity to support increasingly strong static magnetic fields have been developed. More powerful machines have made the achievement of a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) possible, a metric that measures efficiency of image acquisition, image resolution, and detection of pathology.
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IS FRUGAL INNOVATION APPLICABLE TO INNOVATION IN MRI?
As part of the global movement to develop medical technology sustainably while increasing accessibility and reducing resource consumption, the field of frugal innovation in MRI is constantly imagining new technologies that aim to achieve optimal performance while leading in the field of frugal innovation.1,2
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