Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a great tool for diagnosing disease in different organs and tissues, but it can be costly and cumbersome. Now, engineers at the Boston University Photonics Center ...

Why are MRI machines so noisy, and what stops us making them quieter?

Made to measure: Metrolab’s MFC2046 camera system is used for magnet “ramping” and detailed field mapping of MRI systems – a combination that saves time and money in the assembly plant (above) and ...

If you recently have had an MRI scan, you may have noticed that clinical machines with 3.0-Tesla (T) field strength have replaced many earlier generation 1.5-T machines. Higher field strength ...

With a worldwide helium shortage on the horizon, a lack of the element could bring about more serious problems than the loss of party balloons. In its liquid form, helium coolant is essential for MRI ...

The 35.6-tesla magnet dwarfs hospital MRI machines and opens new frontiers in materials science and life sciences research.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Siemens have developed a high-performance, low magnetic-field MRI system that produces superior images of the body’s internal structures ...

Mayo Clinic is now the proud owner of the only 7-Tesla MRI scanner earmarked for clinical use. Most MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machines are either 1.5-Tesla or 3-Tesla scanners, said Kimberly ...

Expanding on earlier research, Johns Hopkins researchers report that people with balance disorders or dizziness traceable to an inner-ear disturbance show distinctive abnormal eye movements when the ...