3D Quantitative-Amplified Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3D q-aMRI)
Researchers from Stanford and Mātaī have developed 3D Quantitative Amplified MRI (3D q-aMRI), a quick scan that quantifies tiny brain movements that are invisible on standard cardiac-gated structural MRI scans. This builds on the amplified MRI technique that magnifies subtle brain movements caused by blood flow to the brain as the heart beats. This could lead to earlier and more accurate diagnoses of brain disorders.
New Ultra-High Contrast MRI Technique Reveals Hidden Brain Damage in Concussion
Nearly half of the world’s population experience a mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)/concussion at some point in their lives. Recent findings using a new Ultra-High Contrast (UHC) MRI technique, divided subtracted inversion recovery (dSIR), are a major leap forward in the ability to detect and understand the underlying changes to the brain after traumatic injury.