[MURG] UIC MRI

[C. Altman (QUIST)]

UIC Unveils World's Most Powerful MRI for Decoding the Human Brain

The University of Illinois at Chicago has unveiled the world's most 
powerful magnetic resonance imaging machine. The current industry 
standard for MRI systems is 1.5 tesla, which limits researchers to 
imaging water molecules. As a result, only anatomical changes can be 
detected and monitored. By contrast, UIC's 9.4 tesla magnet will enable 
researchers to detect signals from sodium, phosphorus, carbon, 
nitrogen, and oxygen – the metabolic building blocks of brain function 
and human thought.

Central to the technology is the 9.4 tesla magnet, larger than any 
other human-sized magnet, built by GE Healthcare, a unit of General 
Electric Company. A tesla is a large measuring unit of magnetic 
strength.

"This technological leap forward is as revolutionary to the medical 
community as the transition from radio to television was for society," 
said Dr. Keith Thulborn, director of the UIC Center for Magnetic 
Resonance Research, at the facility's grand opening today. "GE's magnet 
is introducing a whole new dimension to imaging by enabling researchers 
to better understand how the human brain thinks, learns, fights disease 
and responds to experimental therapies."

Researchers will use the scanner to identify and monitor conditions or 
diseases such as stroke, Alzheimer's, autism and mental illness.
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