High image quality in MRI scans is crucial for doctors to detect dangerous anomalies. However, 20 percent of MRI scans performed today are too blurry for accurate diagnostics. Patient movement during MRI scans causes blurred images, known as artefacts.

To get high quality images doctors can use to make a diagnosis, patients must lay perfectly motionless for up to an hour in a narrow, confined space. This is challenging for many patients and impossible for some, including emergency care patients coming or patients with psychological disorders. Ways to reduce artefacts include patient training, equipment for fixation and acclimatization to the room. Artificial intelligence and camera-based techniques have been effective in the past, but ultimately, the patient is often sedated or anesthetized to keep them still.

Despite all these efforts, a number of patients struggle with lying motionless during an MRI scan. As MRI scanners become even more sensitive and the strength of the magnetic field is increased, the demand for higher quality images increases exponentially as well as the need to find a solution to produce MRI scans with motion correction.