Windows on the human body--in vivo high-field magnetic resonance research and applications in medicine and psychology.
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.
MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. ewald.moser@meduniwien.ac.at
Ewald
E
Moser
Martin
M
Meyerspeer
Florian Ph S
FP
Fischmeister
Günther
G
Grabner
Herbert
H
Bauer
Siegfried
S
Trattnig
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