Hyperfine highlights data from ACTION PMR on Swoop as promising tool for stroke

Hyperfine highlights the results from a multi-site observational study that showed the value of using Swoop system images to quickly assess stroke patients and help guide physicians making critical treatment decisions. This publication marks the first to include a subset of ACTION PMR study data and shows encouraging results. The study, entitled “Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Mismatch on Portable, Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Acute Stroke Patients,” will be published in the August 2024 issue of the Annals of Neurology. It included 71 patients and was conducted by a team from several institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital and the University at Buffalo, two of the centers in the ACTION PMR study. “Our goal is to assess whether portable, ultra-low-field MRI can be used as a tissue clock to characterize acute stroke, which has the potential to inform treatments and improve outcomes. Thus far, we have convincing data on FLAIR showing that this is, in fact, the case,” said Dr. Taylor Kimberly, Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the lead authors