“ THE ISEULT SCANNER CAN SHOW US DETAILS OF THE CEREBELLUM THAT WERE ALMOST INVISIBLE UNTIL NOW ”
ALEXANDRE VIGNAUD
RESEARCHER , FRANCE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
out on pumpkins in 2021 , and approval was granted recently from health authorities for Iseult to scan the human brain .
In the past few months , 20 healthy volunteers have been scanned . The images have a resolution that is so high the images capture neurons in action . This gives researchers and healthcare professionals unprecedented insights into the functioning of the human brain , paving the way for enhanced treatments and interventions for neurological disorders .
“ With this machine , we can see the tiny vessels that feed the cerebral cortex , and details of the cerebellum that were almost invisible until now ,” says Alexandre Vignaud , a researcher on Iseult , who is of NeuroSpin , a research centre for innovation in brain imaging .
Though not quite as powerful as Iseult , there are similar MRI machines at the University of California , Berkeley and Duke University .
96 May 2024