7T MRI Facility
The 7T Facility is located on the basement level of the Nutrition Research Building. This facility houses a Bruker Biospin 7T microMRI scanner.
John Olson, MS is the Coordinator of the Small Animal Imaging Facility. MR techniques currently available on this scanner include:
In vivo mouse, rat, and non-human primate imaging with sub 0.1mm resolution
Magnetically labeled cell tracking
Mouse and rat cardiac and atherosclerosis imaging
Proton Spectroscopy
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
7T Bruker microMR Scanner
Superconducting Magnet System
Actively-shielded superconducting wide-bore magnet
Nitrogen free (no cryogenic maintenance by customer)
Cryo-refrigerator (Minimal helium consumption, long hold-times, long maintenance intervals)
Reduced stray field
Screening against external field perturbations
Table attached to the magnet front side with integrated rail for animal handling system
Field strength: 7 T
Diameter of clear bore: > 300 mm
Stray-field (5 Gauss): +/- 3 m axial, +/- 2 m radial
Length: 1.45 m
Diameter: 1.655 m
Passive RT shim system
Vibration damping (absorber)
Gradient system B-GA 20S with RT-shim and related power supplies
Actively shielded gradients
Integrated shim set up to 2nd order
Outer / inner diameter: 301.5 mm / 200.5 mm
Gradient amplitude: 200 mT/m
Max. slew rate: 1100 T/m/s
Linearity 130 / 100 mm DSV: < ± 3%, < ± 2%
Water cooled
Gradient system BGA12-S with RT-shim and related power supplies
Actively shielded gradients
Integrated shim set 1st & 2nd order
Outer/inner diameter 206mm / 116 mm
Gradient amplitude 660 mT/m
Max slew rate: 4570 T/m/s
Linearity/DSV (+/- %/mm) 3/130
Water cooled
Gradient system BGA6-S
Actively shielded gradients
Integrated shim set; up to 2nd order
Outer / inner diameter: 113mm / 60mm
Gradient amplitude: 1000 mT/m
Max. slew rate: 11250 T/m/s
Linearity/DSV (+/- %/mm) 5/35
Water cooled
User Interface: Linux Workstation
ParaVision4.0
Topspin1.5
Jive6.0
RF Coils
Volume coils
Surface coils
Anesthesia/Monitoring
