Windows on the Human Body – in Vivo High-Field Magnetic Resonance Research and Applications in Medicine and Psychology
Open Access
- 8 June 2010
- Vol. 10 (6), 5724-5757
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s100605724
Abstract
Analogous to the evolution of biological sensor-systems, the progress in “medical sensor-systems”, i.e., diagnostic procedures, is paradigmatically described. Outstanding highlights of this progress are magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS), which enable non-invasive, in vivo acquisition of morphological, functional, and metabolic information from the human body with unsurpassed quality. Recent achievements in high and ultra-high field MR (at 3 and 7 Tesla) are described, and representative research applications in Medicine and Psychology in Austria are discussed. Finally, an overview of current and prospective research in multi-modal imaging, potential clinical applications, as well as current limitations and challenges is given.Keywords
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