A smaller, less expensive design would make MRI scanners accessible to millions more people in smaller facilities in remote and rural settings or for military applications, GE said.
The five-year grant was awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, parts of the National Institutes of Health.
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