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Our Facility

MRI facility on the Faculty website

Bruker Pharmascan 70/16

A 7.0 Tesla small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner was installed at the Vivarium, University of Bergen, in December 2004 and was upgraded with new hardware in December 2012.

This MR scanner can be used for non-invasive diagnostic studies on small laboratory animals (rats, mice, small fish). Pathological and physiological processes can now be followed in a precise manner in the animal body by utilizing a set of MR imaging techniques combining visualisation of anatomy, diffusion, perfusion, and MR spectroscopy.

The MR machine is specifically suitable for performing longitudinal studies of disease development and treatment efficacy.

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-== Our Facility ==
+=== Our Facility===
+MRI facility on the Faculty [http://www.uib.no/mofa/nyheter/2013/10/oppdrag-sjaa-det-skjulte website]
 <big>'''Bruker Pharmascan 70/16'''</big>
-A 7.0 Tesla small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner was installed at the Vivarium, University of Bergen, in December 2004.<br>
+A 7.0 Tesla small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner was installed at the Vivarium, University of Bergen, in December 2004 and was upgraded with new hardware in December 2012. <br>
-This MR scanner can be used for non-invasive diagnostic studies on small laboratory animals (rats, mice, small fish).<br>
-Pathological as well as physiological processes can now be followed in a precise manner in the animal body, by utilizing a set of MR imaging techniques combining visualisation, diffusion, perfusion and spectroscopy sequences.<br>
+This MR scanner can be used for non-invasive diagnostic studies on small laboratory animals (rats, mice, small fish).
+Pathological and physiological processes can now be followed in a precise manner in the animal body by utilizing a set of MR imaging techniques combining visualisation of anatomy, diffusion, perfusion, and MR spectroscopy.<br>
-The MR machine is specifically suitable for performing longitudinal studies of disease development and possible effects of treatment strategies.
+The MR machine is specifically suitable for performing longitudinal studies of disease development and treatment efficacy.
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-[[File:7TMagnet.jpg|frameless|left|660px]]
+[[File:7TMagnet_A.jpg|frameless||540px]] [[File:7TMagnet_B.jpg|frameless||585px]]
-[[File:Brain_tumor_rat.jpg|frameless|right|500px]]
-<br><br>
-== Lab Equipment ==
-See a list of [[lab equipment]] here.
+=== [[Announcements and Events]] ===
-== People ==
+=== [[Lab Equipment]] ===
-* [http://www.uib.no/personer/Frits.Thorsen Frits Thorsen], Associate Professor
+Technical details about the MRI scanner, operating software, animal monitoring equipment etc.
-** Frits is MIC platform leader and responsible for funding and policy issues
-** Frits received his PhD at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Bergen, in 1998. He also did his postdoctoral work at the same institute. In the periods 1989-1995 and 2002-2004 he was working as a medical physicist at the Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital. Since 2004 he has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedicine. In addition, he is Scientific Project Manager in an FP6-funded research project; Angiotargeting, co-ordinated by the University of Bergen.
-* [http://www.uib.no/personer/Tina.Pavlin Tina Pavlin], Chief Engineer
+=== [[People]] ===
-** Tina is responsible for general management of the MR facility and MR applications
-** Tina received her PhD in atomic physics from California Institute of Technologi in 2003. From 2003-2005 she worked at Harvard University researching and developing novel magnetic resonance (MR) applications of laser polarized gases. She worked as a post-doc between 2005-2008 at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging and the MR center of NTNU. During this time she gained competence in MRI of small animals aimed at various biomedical applications. At MIC she is responsible for the daily running of the small animal MRI system at Vivarium, training, supporting and advising users, running courses as well as participating in scientific projects.
-* [http://www.uib.no/personer/Kai.Brandt Kai Gunter Brandt], Staff Engineer
+=== [[Getting Started]] ===
-** Kai is responsible for technical issues concerning both MR software and hardware
+Check out this page if you are planning on doing MRI experiments.
+Remember that you need to receive training before you can do experiments on your own, so please plan ahead.
-== Research ==
+=== [[How To]] ===
-Here you will find a description of some of the [[MRI research]] performed at our facility.
+This page has a lot of information on the operation of the 7T scanner, scanning protocols and pulse sequences, data transfer and analysis, animal physiology and anaesthesia, training, safety, how to register as a user, etc.
-== Publications ==
+=== [https://secure5.ideaelan.com/Bergen/Public/AppLogin.aspx Booking the MRI] ===
+Takes you directly to MIC's booking website.
-Here you can see a list of our [[publications]].
+=== [[Policies and Regulations]] ===
-== Talks ==
+=== [[Safety and Operator Training]] ===
-Here you can find [[talks]] from our users and facility management.
+Contains links to lecture material from an in-depth course in small animal MRI.
-== MRI Lunch Club ==
+=== [[Forms]] ===
-For schedule and topics see [[MRI lunch club]].
-== Education ==
+=== [[Gallery]] ===
-Here you find [[educational]] material on MRI.
+''Under construction.''
-== Health, Safety and Regulations ==
+=== [[Research]] ===
+Information about some of the research groups who have used the MR scanner in the past.
-* All MRI users should read and sign the following document: [https://wikihost.uib.no/mriwiki/images/7/7c/Guidelines_for_use_of_MRI_at_MIC.pdf Guidelines for use of MRI at MIC]
+=== [[Talks]] ===
-* [http://www.uib.no/poa/hms-portalen UiB HMS Portalen]
+=== [[MRI Lunch Club]] ===
-== Useful Links ==
+=== [[Useful Links and Resources]] ===
-* [http://www.uib.no/med/mic/index.html MIC old webpage]
-* [http://www.uib.no/rg/mic MIC new webpage] (under construction)
-* [http://services.cbu.uib.no/service/mic/calender?instrumentid=13 Booking the MR]
-* [http://www.uib.no/med/mic/prices/prices.html Prices for equipment use]
-* [http://www.uib.no/dyreavdelingen/en Vivarium-Dyreavdelingen ved UiB]
-== Grants ==
+=== [[Grants]] ===
-See [[Grants]]
-== Contact us ==
+=== [[Contact us]] ===
-Our [[contact]] information