MRI scanners are used every day by healthcare professionals. A new sensor, created by a Danish researcher, can detect errors in MRI scanner images and ultimately correct them. (Archive photo). Photo: Mathias Løvgreen Bojesen/Ritzau Scanpix
Danish scientist creates sensor to enhance MRI tech
Hans Stærkind, a postdoc at the Niels Bohr Institute and MRI research section at Hvidovre Hospital, developed a sensor that detects errors in MRI scans. As a prototype, it aims to address future image correction in powerful magnetic fields of MRI scanners. The sensor can measure fields with greater accuracy, improving diagnostics. This invention could potentially make MRI scans more precise, faster, and less expensive. It’s applicable in fields using high magnetic fields and could improve methodologies used for the past 50 years. However, due to rigorous testing and approvals needed for medical technology, deployment in Danish hospitals could take a while, possibly five to ten years.