Role of Low-Field Portable MRI in Small Vessel Disease Identification
Abstract
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is the most common age-related brain pathology. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the reference standard for identifying SVD biomarkers, including white matter hyperintensity, recent small subcortical infarcts, lacunes, perivascular spaces, cerebral microbleeds, and cortical superficial siderosis. However, SVD is usually detected only when patients undergo conventional high-field MRI, limiting early identification, longitudinal monitoring, and equitable access to brain health evaluation. Low-field portable MRI systems (
Fields of Study & Subjects
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Stroke
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2604–2610
- Publication date
- 21 July 2026
- Language
- EN