US clearance for Picker's ultrafast MRI
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Picker International (US) has received FDA clearance for its echo planar imaging package for MRI procedures. The EPI-I multi-shot system acquires data in a few seconds with total scan times of around one or two minutes, says Picker. The technique can be used on Picker's high-field systems which feature 16 mT/m operating gradients. The EPI-I package has been tested on Picker's 1.5 T Edge and 1.0 T Vista systems at ten US sites for applications including paediatric imaging, prostate cancer staging, assessment of white matter disease in the brain and evaluation of stroke-induced brain damage.