General cases that require Medical Imaging
Conditions
Interventions
A prototype 0.6 T MR scanner been developed by Philips, based on a 
commercially available 1.5 T MR scanner. 
Sponsors
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients: older than 18 years; Healthy control subjects: age between 18 and 65 years old. 2. Patients: Medical diagnostics requested focused at brain, back, knee, lung, cardiac, (prosthetic joints), whole body MRI or abdomen.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 3. Age <18 years or (only for healthy control subjects) older than 65 years old 4. Persons with reduced mental capacity that would make informed consent impossible 5. Pregnancy and a chance of being pregnant (as reported by the volunteer or patient) 6. Not having a general practitioner 7. MRI contraindications (see www.mrisafety.com) or claustrophobia. Decision on the MRI contraindication is made according to the guidelines outlined in the MR safety document of the Department of Radiology which can be found in the attachment (*MRI Veiligheidsrichtlijnen LUMC (BPPC-protocol)*). Subjects suffering from tinnitus will be warned for the (potential) loud noise of the scanner and will confirm that they considered the noise level into account when providing informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will assess the quality of mid-field MRI in the previously mentioned anatomical regions compared to the routine diagnostic approaches as requested for the patient. This qualitative assessment allows to identify both diagnostical questions that are very feasible to answer as questions that need further technical refinement or will remain high-field MRI in the future. The second endpoint is to provide novel MRI methods specific to mid-field MR to increase the obtained information in limited scan time, to improve patient comfort and to reduce costs related to acquisition and operation of an MRI scanner. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N.A. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactM A Nagtegaal
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Outcome results
None listed