What do you get when you combine MRI with quantum computing? The world will soon find out.
That’s because radiology researchers at NYU Langone Health are preparing to partner with scientists and engineers at the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, or SQMS. The center is hosted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, aka “Fermilab,” in Batavia, Illinois.
The pursuit bringing together investigators from these seemingly disparate fields of inquiry is the advancement of quantitative MRI.
Fermilab’s news division covers the development in an item posted July 20.
“We expect to demonstrate that quantum computing can lead to faster and more comprehensive approaches to extract relevant biophysical information from MRI to improve clinical diagnoses,” NYU’s Riccardo Lattanzi, PhD, tells Fermilab reporter Maxwell Bernstein.
“Quantum computers are becoming an increasing reality, and we want to be ready to exploit their full potential,” adds Lattanzi, an associate professor of radiology at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine who also teaches at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering.
Bernstein reports that Fermilab was selected to host one of five DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Centers as part of the National Quantum Initiative Act to develop a quantum computer based on superconducting technology, due to its expertise in superconductors used for particle accelerators.
NYU has received DOE Office of Science approval to become a member of the SQMS Center, Bernstein notes, and the start of the collaboration is pending final approval of a formal agreement between NYU and Fermi Research Alliance, LLC.
The item also quotes SQMS director and senior scientist Anna Grassellino, PhD.
“Working with NYU Langone on the MRI application will have a great impact on medicine and society and will help our technology experts refine architectural details of our 3D-based superconducting radiofrequency computers,” Grassellino says. “The knowledge Professor Lattanzi brings to the collaboration is a powerful continuation of the use of superconducting technologies.”
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