Talk:Open Source MRI

Helium is effectively a finite resource that will run out within a generation or two. Better designed equipment will not vent/waste helium, and reuses a given amount of helium over and over again.

It now looks possible to use an ultralow field (ULF) MRI (0.0065 T) with a non-toxic contrast agent, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs)[1], for possibly comparable image quality to typical MRIs. At possibly < $1K materials (I've not read the literature, not my interest). No wasted helium either. I'm not sure what OSS libraries can be adapted for use with such an instrument.

--Andrewusu (talk) 05:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC)