Comparison of Compact 3T, Conventional 3T, and 7T Scanners Using Task Based and Resting State fMRI

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Functional MRI (fMRI)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04172428

19-004228

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of 3 MRI scanners.

Full description

Comparing the strengths and weaknesses of 3 different MRI scanners in their performance of a functional MRI (an MRI that shows which areas in the brain are active during some sort of task).

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Men and Women aged 18-55

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with safety contraindications to MRI scanning at 3T.
2. Patients unable to adequately perform the fMRI task due to physical, neurological, or cognitive disability.
3. Patients that demonstrate 3 mm or greater translational head motion during scanning of the fMRI rhyming task data sets.
4. Pregnant women.
5. Patients that have implanted medical devices or other safety contraindications for a 7T or 3T MRI exam.

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy volunteers

Description:

Young healthy volunteers between the ages of 18-55.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Functional MRI (fMRI)