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Episode 148: New Purposes for MRI's

AZSCI 148 MRI
Airman 1st Class Anthony Nin Lelcerec
An MRI machine at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA

Originally aired Sep 21, 2018

Episode 148: New Purposes for MRI's

U of A biophysics professor Ted Trouard is leading a project to find how MRI technology can collect data faster and get higher resolution images. He says the research can help doctors make better diagnoses, evaluate therapies, and investigate progressions of disease.

Prof. Ted Trouard, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging spoke with Leslie Tolbert, PhD, Regents Professor Emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.

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