University of Hong Kong researchers have used artificial intelligence to perform a brain scan with a conventional rare-earth magnet rather than a large superconducting magnet, and without a screened room. The ‘ultra-low field magnet’ – according to MRI nomenclature – was designed using almost 90kg of samarium cobalt as its field source – used because ...

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