For your short relaxation times.
Neuromarketing is the application of neuroimaging methods to product marketing, to more effectively “match products with people”. Companies can incorporate use of fMRI in the design process of a product, as well as in assessing the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
Suppression of fat signal is used in MRI images when the fat signal causes artefacts or otherwise obscures a tissue of interest.
There are a number of fat suppression methods. Which one you choose depends on the pros and cons of each technique. These change with field strength, field-of-view size, whether regional or global fat suppression is required, whether an increase in scan time is acceptable, etc. Additionally, the absolute quality of fat suppression may not motivate the choice of technique; contrast between tissues of interest may be more important. Overall SNR in an image may also be a deciding factor.
Here is a brief summary of fat suppression techniques.
Moving from 1.5T to 3T?
The value of higher field strength for clinical imaging has been indicated in some clinical applications. Research studies are likely to confirm clinical utility of 3.0T vs. 1.5T—studies showing not just signal-to-noise ratio, contrast-to-noise ratio, or even diagnostic sensitivity and specificity—but effects on patient management, and ultimately, effects on patient outcome.
What are the MR physics issues which are relevant when comparing field strengths?
By now you’ve surely heard of Wolfram|Alpha, a “computational knowledge engine” which aims to take any and all systematic factual information and allow you to compute with it. Recently, RevisingMRI sat down with Wolfram|Alpha for an interview about MRI. Every answer is a genuine reply from Wolfram|Alpha (links are provided).
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LOVE, n.
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
[Ambrose Bierce, 1911]
Limerence describes an involuntary cognitive and emotional state of intense romantic desire for another person—in other words, romantic love. Researchers in New York have shown, using functional MRI, that in some human individuals being “in love” with a long-term partner is similar to early-stage romantic love. But perhaps not in the way you might think.