Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will become the first public institution of higher learning in Asia to have a neuroscience research centre, equipped with the latest technology and tools capable of producing high resolution images of the brain.

Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd deputy president Tobias Seyfarth said the latest technology known as Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging 7 Tesla (MRI 7T), reputed and recognised as among the best in the world, would be introduced for the first time in Asia at the centre.

“The neuroscience research centre equipped with MRI 7T will overshadow the MRI 3T used in most Asian countries,” he told reporters after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between USM and Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

[From Bernama]