Super-strong magnets to make medical scans less onerous

摘要

Incredibly powerful magnets developed by Cambridge scientists could make a future generation of magnetic resonance imagers small and cheap enough for use in doctors' consulting rooms. Dr Tim Coombs, founder of Magnifye, a Cambridge University spin-out, explained: "We have developed a method of manufacturing incredibly strong superconducting magnets using flux pumping, without relying on the large and expensive equipment that was required in the past. Our new magnets are cheap to produce and incredibly strong for their size - a one-inch magnet could lift a lorry!"