Improved Brain MR Imaging from a Compact, Lightweight 3T Scanner with High‐Performance Gradients

Background A low‐cryogen, compact 3T (C3T) MRI scanner with high‐performance gradients capable of simultaneously achieving 80 mT/m gradient amplitude and 700 T/m/second slew rate has been in use to study research patients since March 2016 but has not been implemented in the clinical practice. Purpose To compare head MRI examinations obtained with the C3T system and a conventional whole‐body 3T (WB3T) scanner in seven parameters across five...