In 2024, the Neurospin nuclear magnetic resonance brain imaging center of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) unveiled the first brain images obtained with Iseult, his MRI at 11.7 teslas, the most powerful in the world for human imaging. Enough to reveal the brain with unprecedented precision, and improve our understanding of certain neurodegenerative diseases.
Fundamental advances that only concern adults. “Going to the child requires an extra effort”, explains David Germanaud, a pediatric neurologist at the Robert Debré Institute for the Child's Brain and a researcher at the CEA Neurospin. He and his team decided to take on this challenge by adapting the use of 7T (Tesla) MRI to the developing brain. In spring 2025, the first brain images were obtained on six children aged 6 to 12, a first in France.
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