Will 3T machines be able to detect what is seen on 7Ts?

Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University are teaming up to do further research on epilepsy and test a new MRI approach.

The study will examine if signs of epilepsy, which usually require specialized and highly advanced brain surgery, would be detected on 3T machines, just as they are seen on 7T machines.

The researchers have received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health worth $2.6 million. 

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