A Pilot Study of a Portable Head-Only MRI Scanner
ConditionBrain Imaging
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Minnesota
About this trial
This is a pilot study to demonstrate human brain imaging with a new portable 0.7 Tesla (T) MRI brain scanner recently developed at the CMRR.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
18 years of age or older
Able to consent for themselves
Free of contraindications for MRI
Disqualifiers
Currently pregnant
Extremely claustrophobic
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
0.7 T MRI
DeviceOur scanner is based on a unique high-temperature superconducting magnet that is highly compact, weighs only 400 kg, and requires no cryogens. Its innovative design allows the subject to sit normally with sightlines to the room and produces low acoustic noise during scanning.
Treatment groups
20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: 0.7 T MRIExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Image Quality
The study will quantitatively compare images obtained at 0.7 Tesla (obtained with new methods and instrumentation) with images obtained with conventional MRI. The metrics to be assessed include: spatial resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, signal-to-artifact ratio, contrast-to-noise ratio, and geometric distortion.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov