An ESys® system by Invivo (Invivo Corporation, Gainesville, Florida) is available for presenting video and audio signals including functional MRI task paradigms to the subjects during scanning as well as entertainment use (DVD movies).
The scanner is equipped with a series of coils for MR studies of human organ systems, including a 32-channel head coil for neuroimaging applications with significant gains in signal-to-noise ratio and acquisition speed. This 3.0 Tesla, 32-channel Philips whole-body human MR scanner is dedicated to research. The scanner is also equipped with many of the tools needed for clinical trials, and important part of human MRI research at the 3 T AMRIS facility. Example of studies on the body is muscle dystrophies, liver studies, and cardiac imaging where heart function can be investigated. Due to its larger bore size the main focus will be on body imaging but it is well capable of performing state-of-the-art neurological examinations. Researchers at UF will have advanced MR imaging and spectroscopy tools available at their hands for research on neuro, body, musculoskeletal (MSK) and cardiac. This magnet will support all aspects of research at UF that needs MRI as a tool to answers the researchers questions on function of the human body and its diseases. The larger bore also ease the claustrophobia felt by some subjects, helping research to be able to scan more subjects. The larger bore in this magnet doesn’t compromise the magnetic homogeneity, an important property of MRI magnets and which is traditionally harder to achieve as the bore gets larger.īeing able to place in-bore equipment will facilitate MRI measurements otherwise not possible or hard to do, such as exercise equipment for muscle physiology measurements Or more easily be able to measure liver stiffness, an important property to evaluate many liver diseases and potential treatments. It also has a 70 cm diameter bore, compared to the more traditional 60 cm bore size, that will provide extra space for example in-bore equipment or larger research subjects. The system comes with the latest technologies for neuro and whole body imaging, including digital signal transmission for increased signal to noise (SNR).
This new 3T magnet from Philips features the newest technology for clinical MRI research and provides the quality and performance needed for imaging studies at UF. Today, a new MRI scanner that will enhance research efforts across the campus was crane-lifted into the McKnight Brain Institute. National Resource for Advanced NMR Technology SMB Storage for Data Transfer (must have valid GatorLink access) Wide Bore 600 MHz/89 mm Bruker Avance Neo