Our guest this week, Matthew McCready, is a Master's student in Physics at Western University. He's developing, testing and implementing a revolutionary new dreMR coil, affectionately called "dreamer", for existing MRI machines that will usher in a new generation of neuroimaging!
Questions Answered
What's happening inside of an MRI machine?
How do we produce images of the body using giant magnets?
What does magnetic resonance imaging have to do with hills and rainbows?
What's the next big development in this kind of imaging, and how will a new coil solve many of our imaging problems?
and many, many more!
Topics & Concepts
Electrons, Current & Charge
Electromagnetism
Particle Spin
Subatomic Relativity
The Three Fields in an MRI
Superconductors
Gradient Fields
Radiofrequency
dreMR: Delta Relaxation Enhanced MRI ("dreamer")
Molecular Imaging Methods
PET Scans
Ionizing Radiation & the ALARA Principle
Contrast Agents
Field Homogeneity
Applications + Future Directions
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