Portable, Low‐field MRI for Alzheimer’s Disease
W. Taylor Kimberly · 2025
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Description
Taylor Kimberly tests a portable low power brain scanner for use in Alzheimer's disease, in a 2025 conference paper. A scanner that can travel to the patient could open brain imaging to far more people. The trade off is a weaker signal and fuzzier images than standard hospital machines.
The team enrolled 45 clinic patients with mild loss or dementia, plus 23 controls from an emergency unit. Each had a scan on the portable machine, which runs at a fraction of standard strength. Smart software rebuilt the images and measured brain areas and scar spots. The same measures from standard scans matched closely, with whole brain size nearly exact. The author says the portable scans are sound enough for point of care use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | W. Taylor Kimberly |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |