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Despite our attempts at simplification, a reader might still conclude that MRI is a very complex process with many interdependent factors. This complexity is both bewildering and a source of hope and challenge. To exploit the magnetic properties of tissues for clinical imaging, MRI scanners, which are probably an order of magnitude more complicated than CT scanners, have been built. However, the complexity of the magnetic properties of tissues offers the possibility of many diagnostic strategies. In the next decade, we can expect changes in both the hardware and the diagnostic strategies employed by the MRI scanner.
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Oldendorf, W., Oldendorf, W. (1988). The Future of MRI. In: Basics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Topics in Neurology, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2081-4_10
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