Compact MRI of the breast: new magnetostatics and new superconducting materials for affordable breast screening

ORAL

Abstract

MRI imaging of the breast has been shown to provide enhanced early detection of breast cancer, but whole-body is not affordable for screening. New magnetostatics and new superconducting materials make it possible to produce homogeneous magnetic field at both breasts using a compact magnet that is suitable for staging in a doctor's office or mobile van.

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Authors

  • Peter McIntyre

    Texas A\&M University, Texas A\&M Univ, Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University

  • Kyle Damborsky

    Texas A\&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University

  • Akhdiyor Sattarov

    Texas A\&M University