Keywords: Image acquisition: Quantification
Exams that are shorter in time and more quantitative in nature may represent the future of MRI. If physical parameters such as T1 and T2 can be rapidly quantified, then one can just calculate (rather than acquire) the desired images. New or cutting-edge quantitative and synthetic imaging methods often tend to be first developed for neuroimaging, because brain imaging represents such an important share of clinical MRI and because motion problems tend to be somewhat manageable when imaging the head. This talk aims to present an up-to-date description of the synthetic and quantitative imaging field, along with current associated challenges.