BRAIN and NERVE－神経研究の進歩64巻9号

2012年09月発行

総説

7テスラMRIによる脳神経画像診断の新しい展開

著者： 佐々木真理¹ 工藤與亮¹ 上野育子¹ 椛沢宏之² 松田豪²

所属機関： ¹岩手医科大学医歯薬総合研究所超高磁場MRI診断・病態研究部門 ²GEヘルスケア・ジャパン株式会社　技術本部研究開発室MR研究室

ページ範囲：P.1057 - P.1062

文献概要

はじめに

　MRIの進歩はとどまるところを知らず，超高磁場7テスラ（T）MRI（¹Hの共鳴周波数：300MHz）の時代がいよいよ始まろうとしている。ヒト用7T MRIは世界で約40台が稼働しており，本学にも国内で2台目の7T装置（MR950，GE Healthcare）が導入され，2011年4月より稼動を開始した。本稿では7T MRIの特徴と今後の可能性について，われわれの初期経験を交えて概説する。

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