UHC-MR Brain & Spinal Cord

GE Signa Pulse, Volume 38 – Spring 2025

The ability to visualize differences in signal intensity, or contrast, between normal and abnormal soft tissue is the most important feature of MR in clinical diagnosis. Efforts to improve the MR visualization of lesion contrast have included modification of sequence parameters, use of higher field strengths and development of novel MR contrast agents.

At the Mātai Medical Research Institute, researchers are developing a new approach to increasing contrast, namely ultra-high contrast (UHC), which radically improves visualization of soft tissue contrast.

This story in the GE HealthCare Signa Pulse Magazine explains the background and shows images obtained with the new technique.