Preparation of an Au-Pt alloy free from artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging

When magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is performed on patients carrying metallic implants, artifacts can disturb the images around the implants, often making it difficult to interpret them appropriately. However, metallic materials are and will be indispensable as raw materials for medical devices because of their electric conductivity, visibility under X-ray fluoroscopy, and other favorable features. What is now desired is to develop a metallic material which causes no artifacts during MRI.

Source: Magnetic Resonance Imaging - July 9, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Tomonobu Kodama, Ryusuke Nakai, Kenji Goto, Kunihiro Shima, Hiroo Iwata Tags: Original contribution Source Type: research