ReviewJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2023
Low-field MRI: Clinical promise and challenges.
Review in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 171 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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171 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Non-contrast enhanced functional lung MRI in children: systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
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- Advancing the Volumetric Analysis of Ultra-Low-Field Brain MRI Using Image-to-Image Translation.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2026Article
- MRpro: Open Framework for Model-Based, Learned, and Quantitative MR Imaging-Application to Low-Field MRI.NMR in biomedicine · 2026Article
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- Time-Conditioned Zero-Shot Self-Supervised Reconstruction for Accelerated 3D Ultra-Low-Field MRI.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2026Article
- Feasibility, image quality, and analytic usability of mobile 64 mT ultra-low-field MRI for infant brain imaging at 3 and 12 months in southern Malawi.Journal of magnetic resonance open · 2026Article
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- Physics-Assisted Deep Learning Denoising for Stabilized IMPULSED dMRI Microenvironment Parameter Fitting.ArXiv · 2026Article
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- An evaluation of brain volume and cortical thickness measurement at 0.55 T.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging of ovaries in the mud crab Scylla paramamosain during vitellogenesis.BMC zoology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Modern MRI scanners have trended toward higher field strengths to maximize signal and resolution while minimizing scan time. However, high-field devices remain expensive to install and operate, making them scarce outside of high-income countries and major population centers. Low-field strength scanners have drawn renewed academic, industry, and philanthropic interest due to advantages that could dramatically increase imaging access, including lower cost and portability. Nevertheless, low-field MRI still faces inherent limitations in image quality that come with decreased signal. In this article, we review advantages and disadvantages of low-field MRI scanners, describe hardware and software innovations that accentuate advantages and mitigate disadvantages, and consider clinical applications for a new generation of low-field devices. In our review, we explore how these devices are being or could be used for high acuity brain imaging, outpatient neuroimaging, MRI-guided procedures, pediatric imaging, and musculoskeletal imaging. Challenges for their successful clinical translation include selecting and validating appropriate use cases, integrating with standards of care in high resource settings, expanding options with actionable information in low resource settings, and facilitating health care providers and clinical practice in new ways. By embracing both the promise and challenges of low-field MRI, clinicians and researchers have an opportunity to transform medical care for patients around the world. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 6.
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