The world’s most powerful MRI takes shape

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Standard hospital scanners have a spatial resolution of about 1 millimeter, covering about 10 000 neurons, and a time resolution of about a second. The INUMAC will be able to image an area of about 0.1 mm, or 1000 neurons, and see changes occurring as fast as one-tenth of a second

The World’s Most Powerful MRI Takes Shape – IEEE Spectrum
Medical researchers expect unprecedented resolution from 11.75-Tesla imager

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  1. Calvin Goetz October 23, 2013 at 11:14 pm

    Wowww.. That's insane. 0.1mm spatial resolution?? Certainly not cheap though..

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