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SUMMARY:The quest for ultra-high fields in brain MRI: The Iseult 11.7 T Wh
 ole Body MRI - Lionel Quettier - CEA
DTSTART:20230306T130000Z
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CONTACT:John Durrell
DESCRIPTION:The Iseult project is a French-German initiative focused on ve
 ry high magnetic-field molecular imaging\, with the goal of exploring the 
 human brain at the mesoscopic scale and with unprecedented details. This p
 roject includes a Whole Body 11.7 T MRI installed at Neurospin\, a neurosc
 ience research center operating at CEA Saclay since November 2006. The Ise
 ult project started in 2003 to develop the core part of the system\, a sup
 erconducting magnet of 130 tons with a central aperture of 900 mm. After a
 n extensive R&D phase and 7 years of fabrication\, the Iseult magnet was d
 elivered to CEA in June 2017. Since March 2019\, the magnet is being kept 
 continuously at 1.8K and it has reached its nominal magnetic field of 11.7
 2T for the first time in July 2019. After 2 more years of work\, the MRI d
 elivered the first images in October 2021\, and first brain images on a hu
 man volunteer are expected in 2023.\nThis talk will summarize a 20 years o
 dyssey to develop the largest whole body MRI ever built so far\, and it wi
 ll present the scientific perspectives offered by this exceptional device 
 for neurosciences in the next decades.\n
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR11
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