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Consider what was missing, technologically, in 1984 when the first four 0.5 T superconducting MRs were delivered to sites in the United States. This low-field era lasted only for a few years, with the major manufacturers focusing on 1 and 1.5 T systems by the early 1990s. For simplicity, the subsequent discussion is divided into an analysis of hardware and then software developments. This backdrop is important in order to understand how state-of-the-art low-field imaging, with its substantial cost advantages (including that of purchase, installation, and service), can compete with current 1.5 T systems and offer a valuable and clinically very relevant performance today.
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Runge, V.M., Heverhagen, J.T. (2022). Advocating Low-Field Imaging. In: The Physics of Clinical MR Taught Through Images. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85413-3_152
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