Mass General MRI Study Needs MS and Healthy Subjects

Today I participated in a study being done in the Boston area by Bruce Rosen at MGH and Rip Kinkel at the BIDMC on 7 Tesla MRI.

MRIs have different strength magnets, the bigger the more
resolution they have. They are measured in units called Tesla (abbrev T).

Many MRIs are 1.5T and most high-end centers have 3T magnets. MGH just
got a 7T MRI and they want to develop a protocol for it so they can
see lesions in the cortex (most cortical lesions don't show on 3T).

They need people to participate - both with MS and without. It involves 2 visits - one each for a 7T and a 3T scan. Each scan series takes about an hour and your total time per visit is about 2 hours (paperwork and instructions, etc.) They pay for your parking (it's at the Charlestown Navy Yard) and $75 per visit.

You can participate by contacting Caterina Mainero at 617-724-7746 or caterina(at sign)nmr.mgh.harvard.edu. Tell her you are interested in the 7T MRI study and you heard about it from Accelerated Cure Project.

They showed me some of the images and it looks like someone took a photograph of the inside of my head - amazing.