Umshini we-Iseult Project we-11.7 Tesla MRI uthathe izithombe ezimangalisayo ze-anatomical bukhoma womuntu ingqondo evela kubahlanganyeli. Lesi isifundo sokuqala bukhoma womuntu Ubuchopho ngomshini we-MRI wamandla kazibuthe aphezulu kangaka oveze izithombe zokulungiswa kwendiza engu-0.2 mm kanye nogqinsi lwesiqephu esingu-1 mm (okumele ivolumu elingana nama-neurons ayizinkulungwane ezimbalwa) ngesikhathi esifushane sokuthola semizuzu emi-4 nje.
Umfanekiso we womuntu Ubuchopho kulesi sinqumo esingakaze sibonwe ngumshini we-Iseult MRI uzosebenza abacwaningi ukwembula imininingwane emisha yesakhiwo nokusebenza kwe womuntu Ubuchopho okungase kukhanyise indlela ubuchopho obufaka ngayo ukumelwa kwengqondo noma ukuthi yiziphi amasignesha okwazi i-neuronal. Okusha okutholakele kungasiza ekuxilongeni nasekwelapheni iziyaluyalu ze-neurodeergenerative njenge-Alzheimer's kanye ne-Parkinson. Lo mshini ungasiza futhi ekutholeni izinhlobo zamakhemikhali ezihilelekile kumetabolism yobuchopho engeke itholwe ngenye indlela imishini ye-MRI yamandla aphansi kazibuthe.
Lesi sithwebuli se-11.7 Tesla MRI sephrojekthi ye-Iseult sinamandla kakhulu emhlabeni womuntu umshini we-MRI womzimba wonke futhi ufakwe e-NeuroSpin e-CEA-Paris-Saclay. Yayilethe izithombe zokuqala ngo-2021 lapho ithwebula ithanga futhi yanikeza izithombe ngokulungiswa kwama-microns angama-400 ngezilinganiso ezintathu eziqinisekisa inqubo.
In womuntu Izinhlelo ze-MRI, amandla kazibuthe ku-7 Tesla noma ngaphezulu kubizwa ngokuthi yi-Ultra-High Fields (UHF). Izikena ze-7 Tesla MRI zagunyazwa ngo-2017 zobuchopho nezithombe ezincane zamalunga. Kunemishini engaphezu kwekhulu ye-T MRI esebenzayo emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphambi kokuphumelela kwakamuva kwe-7 Tesla MRI scanner ye-Iseult Project, i-11.7 Tesla MRI eNyuvesi yaseMinnesota yayiwumshini we-MRI onamandla kakhulu ekusebenzeni okhiqiza izithombe ze-vivo.
I-French-German Iseult Project yokwakha isithwebuli se-11.7 Tesla MRI yethulwa yi-French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) ngo-2000. Inhloso bekuwukuthuthukisa 'womuntu umhloli wobuchopho'. Le phrojekthi ihlanganise abalingani bezimboni kanye nezemfundo ndawonye futhi ithathe amashumi amabili eminyaka ukuze ifezeke. Kuyisimangaliso kwezobuchwepheshe futhi kuzoguqula ucwaningo lobuchopho.
Iqhubekela phambili, inethiwekhi ye-German Ultrahigh Field Imaging (GUFI) isebenzela ukusungula umzimba wonke we-14 Tesla. womuntu Uhlelo lwe-MRI njengesisetshenziswa socwaningo sikazwelonke eJalimane.
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