Low-cost High Performance Lowfield MRI

Envisioning the healthcare technology of tomorrow requires one to break from the mainstream and explore alternative approaches to develop accessible, ubiquitous diagnostic tools. In the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), despite considerable improvements in imaging quality and speed, the underlying technology remains remarkably unchanged compared to the first generation scanners that emerged on the market 30 years ago. Undeniably, one of the next revolutions in health care is cost-effectiveness. Using only simple and robust hardware technologies and state-of-the-art acquisition and processing strategies, low-cost scanners could democratize MRI, moving it away from demanding siting requirements and colossal costs, and opening up a wide range of unprecedented new applications. We believe our work will enable the realization of an inexpensive portable MRI system for use in a variety of situations where MRI systems are not traditionally available such as resource-poor environmen...