Brain images just got 64 million times sharper

[haswell]

https://today.duke.edu/2023/04/brain-images-just-got-64-million-times-sharper

[dontupvoteme]

This might be very useful for autopsy, but it will never be useful in human beings for several reasons, most notably

> a special set of gradient coils that are 100 times stronger than those in a clinical MRI

In human beings this goes far beyond the level of what is legal and is close to the level where it would directly interact with cardiac muscle

https://mriquestions.com/nerve-stimulation.html

[kevviiinn → dontupvoteme]

Research on other animals tends to have a benefit for humans

[version_five]

In mice. Lots of reasons it's easier on a very small sample that presumably you're less worried about heating up. Not that it isn't an achievement.

[kobalsky]

It's ironic that the best quality available on youtube for this video is 240p.