Researchers Fine-Tune MRI scanners to sharpen brain images
NCT ID NCT04866940
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aims to test and improve the way 3T MRI scanners capture images of the brain. Researchers will work with 230 healthy adults to optimize scanning sequences, reduce image artifacts, and ensure high-quality data for future research. The goal is to make MRI protocols more reliable for studying the brain and its disorders.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could improve the quality and reliability of brain MRI scans used in future research studies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a technical validation study, not a treatment trial. It does not test any therapy or intervention, so direct patient benefits are not expected.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 230 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2021
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female, 18 years of age or older * Ability to cooperate and remain motionless for up to 1 hour (and lying down for 1.5 hours) * Ability to understand the instructions given * Subject who has given written and informed consent prior to any examination required by the research) * Subject affiliated to a social security system or benefiting from an equivalent system Exclusion Criteria: * Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Psychiatric disorders, disorders of cognitive functions, not allowing the realization of the MRI * Protected adults (subject to a measure of legal protection) or unable to express their consent * Subject with Contraindications to MRI
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UMR 1214 ToNIC INSERM
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31000, France
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