Case Western University and Microsoft are jointly developing quantum algorithms that are to enable magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF), a technique previewed several years ago in Nature. It makes MRI scans into even richer sources of information, including early-stage evidence of diseases like cancer. For this to function effectively, MRF must be tailored to the individual, and that necessitates enormous computing power. That is where the algorithms developed on Microsoft’s quantum computers provide solutions. The researchers at Case Western are now employing those algorithms to make MRD into a viable technique for diagnostic practice.
