Time-of-flight intracranial MRA at 5T comparable to 7T, new analysis shows

The University of Southern California was among the first imaging centers in the U.S. to install a 7T MRI. This high-end part of the MRI market is small and is mainly made up of academic research centers. The main MRI market is made of of 1.5T systems, but there is rising demand for 3T, which Signify research may eventually become the standard for MRI.

The University of Southern California was among the first imaging centers in the U.S. to install a 7T MRI. This high-end part of the MRI market is small and is mainly made up of academic research centers. The main MRI market is made of of 1.5T systems, but there is rising demand for 3T, which Signify Research suggests may eventually become the standard for MRI. Photo courtesy of USC. 

A new paper published in Radiology details an analysis of 3-T, 5T and 7T MRI to determine which system could achieve the best intracranial vascular image quality.