3D aMRI (3D imaging method of brain states)

2021: Start using 3D imaging method of intractable brain states

In early May 2021, researchers from the Matai Medical Research Institute in New Zealand, Stevens Institute of Technology and other scientific institutions introduced a new advanced 3D imaging method for intractable brain conditions such as obstructive brain disease and aneurysms. 3D-MRI with amplification allows you to evaluate the physiological movement of the brain in all directions in real time.

The new method allows noninvasive imaging of brain lesions and will eventually become the basis of more effective strategies for treating tiny deformities or disorders that make brain function difficult or block cerebral fluid outflow.

3D aMRI (3D imaging method of brain states)

According to published data, the new method provides a stunningly detailed visualization of the movements of the human brain. The special software checks and quantifies both the amplitude and direction of motion in three-dimensional space, which can provide important clinical information about a number of brain diseases. For example, the abnormal movement of two regions at the base of the brain, the bridge and the cerebellum, is already considered a diagnostic marker of the Chiari I malformation - an abnormality due to which brain tissue can be impaired in the vertebral canal.

The new 2D-MRI amplification technique, introduced in 2016, captures microscopic rhythmic pulsations of the brain when the heart beats, allowing you to visualize the smallest movements, less than the width of the human hair, "explained Stanford University graduate student and one of the developers of the new technique Itamar Terem. - The 3D version provides even greater magnification, which increases diagnostic accuracy.[1]

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