Low-field vs 3T high-field MRI vertex-level measures of neuroanatomy in a paediatric LMIC cohort

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Conventional, high-field (3 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging can provide crucial insights into brain structure and function but remains limited to high-resource settings. Novel, low-field (<0.1T) imaging techniques offer a more cost-effective, accessible alternative (1). However, to harness their potential, including in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), we first need to establish the validity of low-field data at spatial resolutions relevant to research and clinic (including at the vertex-level); and this was the aim of the present study.