Low-Cost High-Performance MRI

Low-Cost High-Performance MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is unparalleled in its ability to visualize anatomical structure and function non-invasively with high spatial and temporal resolution. Yet to overcome the low sensitivity inherent in inductive detection of weakly polarized nuclear spins, the vast majority of clinical MRI scanners employ superconducting magnets producing very high magnetic fields. Commonly found...

Low-cost High Performance Low-field MRI

Envisioning the healthcare technology of tomorrow requires one to break from the mainstream and explore alternative approaches to develop accessible, ubiquitous diagnostic tools. In the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), despite considerable improvements in imaging quality and speed, the underlying technology remains remarkably unchanged compared to the first generation scanners that em...

Low Cost, High Performance, High Volume Heatsinks

Higher-powered electronics are being integrated into automobiles rapidly. With these electronics comes a problem of how to cool this equipment economically. Heatsink costs have not benefited nor adapted to the high volume nature of automotive electronics. Specially shaped heatsinks are much more efficient for a given size than aluminum extrusion-based ones, most prevalent used in automobiles. H...

Low-cost high-performance scientific visualization

quires routine analysis of large 3D (or even higher) data sets. Often, complex geometry is an integral component of the problem’s complexity, so it is only natural to apply 3D visual analysis in combination with more traditional analysis and diagnostic techniques. Recent advances in computer technology have pushed conventional desktop computers to the point where scientific visualization is fea...

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