A description of a low field resistive magnetic resonance imaging system and its application in imaging midline central nervous system pathology

• Published in: Clinical radiology Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 211 - 217
• Main Authors: Kean, D.M., Smith, M.A., Douglas, R.H.B., Best, J.J.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.05.1986; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Brain - pathology; Brain Stem - pathology; Corpus Callosum - pathology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - methods; Medical sciences; Nervous system; Pituitary Gland - pathology; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Cerebellum; Human; Nervous system diseases; Brain stem; Central nervous system; Diagnostic; Brain (Vertebrata); Low field; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Corpus callosum; Cervical spinal cord; Hernia; Syringomyelia; Biomedical engineering
• ISSN: 0009-9260; 1365-229X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(86)80319-1

A commercial low field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system installed in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh at the end of 1983 has since been used for the clinical investigation of over 1000 patients. This system uses an interlaced saturation recovery and inversion recovery pulse sequence which yields four types of clinical image. A T 1 weighted image has been found to be the most sensitive for the detection of pathology. Several examples of pathology with negative X-ray computed tomography examinations including three examples of a syrinx and two cases of tonsillar herniation have been demonstrated using this system. It is suggested that the system could provide a routine clinical service for imaging the central nervous system.