New MRI technology at UnityPoint Health eases patient anxiety

DES MOINES, Iowa– The UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist Center has added new technology to ease the nerves for patients ...

AI model reads cardiac MRI scans with near expert accuracy

A Penn Medicine–led team has developed a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system that interprets cardiac MRI scans with performance approaching expert clinicians. Trained on more than 300,000 ...
Wired

NHS virtual reality app helps take the fear and anxiety out of MRI scans

Jonathan Ashmore, a resident physicist at King’s College Hospital, keeps a pair of sound-cancelling headphones on his desk. He dons them every time a very young patient arrives at the MRI scanner in ...
New Scientist

Why are MRI machines so noisy and what stops us making them quieter?

MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. The technique relies on the rapid switching of powerful electromagnets to scan your body. One set of coils creates a powerful, static magnetic field. A ...