E-Mail IMAGE: Dr. Tamer Ibrahim (middle) and Dr. Tales Santini (right) in the Radiofrequency Research Facility at Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering. Santini holds the housing of the Tic-Tac-Toe coil system.... view more Credit: University of Pittsburgh Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetically inherited group of red blood cell disorders. According to the CDC, an estimated 90,000 to 100,000 people in the United States live with this disease, and it disproportionately affects Black or African Americans; it occurs in roughly 1 in every 500 individuals in this demographic. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering used a unique and powerful MRI device to study the disease's impact on the brain and published their results in