To Make Better MRI Images, Let The Atoms Spin Out Of Control
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 13:35
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers in Ohio and France have solved a longstanding scientific mystery involving magnetic resonance -- the physical phenomenon that allows MRI instruments in modern hospitals to image tissues deep within the human body. Their discovery, a new mathematical algorithm, should lead to new MRI techniques with more informative and sharper images.