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Cool! I worked at the NeuroSpin lab in ten years ago, and I recall the 11.5T giving people a lot of grief. There was significant doubt about whether it would ev
by omginternets 5y ago
Cool! I worked at the NeuroSpin lab in ten years ago, and I recall the 11.5T giving people a lot of grief. There was significant doubt about whether it would ever work. IIRC one of the biggest issues was that it would pull in microscopic metal dust, which would then line the imaging tunnel and distort the image. I wonder how they resolved this.
- bozhark 5y agopositive pressure?
- omginternets 5y agoI doubt the push from the positive pressure would be enough to offset 11.5T worth of pull, but perhaps that was part of the solution. I really don’t know.
- kergonath 5y agoVery good question. I remember them mentioning this in an internal video, but I don’t think they detailed a solution. It’s a bit out of my field, to be honest.
- omginternets 5y agoSame. I was doing MEG stuff there anyway (Stan’s team). Out of curiosity, which team were you with?
- kergonath 5y agoI’m not at Neurospin, I’m a materials physicist on the other side of the fence, so to speak :). I just have a keen interest in what they’re doing there. My daughter also participated in a study on neuroplasticity and cerebral development in infants there and it’s been an interesting experience.
- omginternets 5y ago> on the other side of the fence, so to speak :) Ha! That got a good chuckle out of me for some reason. I swear the CEA is holding stock in some fence-making company or something. Anyway, very cool. It’s always nice to bump into colleagues in this site. Wishing you good p-values, my friend ;)
- kergonath 5y agoIt is a big fence! Cheers mate, good luck wherever you are now!