Search Tag: low-field MRI

2025 03 Nov

  Low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gains renewed attention as advances in hardware and software narrow the performance gap with high-field systems. Historically sidelined for lower signal-to-noise ratio and reduced spatial resolution, low-field platforms now integrate optimised magnet designs, improved radiofrequency coils and AI-enabled...Read more

2024 09 Dec

  Prostate cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men, underscoring the critical importance of effective early detection strategies. Screening programmes have significantly reduced mortality rates by identifying cancer at treatable stages. Among diagnostic tools, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) stands out for its precision...Read more

2021 18 Nov

At its Shape 22 press conference, Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) presented its digital whole-body MRI scanner, Magnetom Free.Star. Like the preceding Magnetom Free.Max, the Magnetom Free.Star achieves its image quality, digitally. The two scanners are based on Siemens’s ‘High-V MRI’ platform, which combines advances in digitisation and artificial...Read more

2021 03 Nov

During magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology’s dawn years, the cost vs the performance gains associated with stronger magnetic fields were open questions. The idea of using low-field MRI (< 1.5 T of magnetic field) is not new, but the performance cost equation favoured larger magnetic fields. For the last 30 years, the MRI standard has been 1.5...Read more