Synopsis

Keywords: Neuro: Nervous system, Physics & Engineering: High-Field MRI

With higher SNR and CNR, ultra-high field (UHF) MRI provides better performances not only for structural imaging but also for fMRI, Spectroscopy, CEST, MRA and X-Nuclei MRI. Thus, UHF MRI offers both better lesion conspicuity and better assessment of pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning neurological/psychiatric diseases. This lecture will show where we stand and what to expect next from UHF MRI in clinical neuroscience through studies aimed at both a better understanding of the disease and an improved diagnostic/prognostic efficiency for a better treatment. This will be illustrated in Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis for which UHF MRI has proven its added value.