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** Liquid Helium hold-time: > 100 days | ** Liquid Helium hold-time: > 100 days | ||
** Liquid Nitrogen hold-time: > 14 days | ** Liquid Nitrogen hold-time: > 14 days | ||
* Actively shielded gradient system | * Actively shielded gradient system BGA-9A HP with a full set of 2nd order shims | ||
** Gradient strength: | ** Inner diameter 90 mm | ||
** Gradient strength: 760 mT/m at 200 A | |||
** Max. linear slew rate: 6840 T/m/s | |||
** Rise time to Gmax: > 80μs at 150 V | ** Rise time to Gmax: > 80μs at 150 V | ||
** High-power gradient amplifier: | ** High-power gradient amplifier: 300 V / 200 A | ||
** Shim power supply for z<sup>2</sup> shim | ** Shim power supply for z<sup>2</sup> shim | ||
** Gradient chiller system | ** Gradient chiller system | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 30 April 2013
Superconducting Magnet System
- 7T horizontal superconducting magnet, Pharmascan 70/16 AS, Bruker Biospin MRI GmpH
- Magnetic screening: active
- Field-strength: 7.0 T (300.3 MHz for 1H)
- Distance front flange to ISO-center: 506 mm
- Liquid Helium hold-time: > 100 days
- Liquid Nitrogen hold-time: > 14 days
- Actively shielded gradient system BGA-9A HP with a full set of 2nd order shims
- Inner diameter 90 mm
- Gradient strength: 760 mT/m at 200 A
- Max. linear slew rate: 6840 T/m/s
- Rise time to Gmax: > 80μs at 150 V
- High-power gradient amplifier: 300 V / 200 A
- Shim power supply for z2 shim
- Gradient chiller system
Spectrometer Electronics
- RF Electronics
- Avance AV electronics
- Digital single channel frequency synthesizer
- RF modulators for one channel
- RF amplifer for 1H/19F nuclei, 300 W
- Digital receiver channel system
- HADC/2 16 bit, 2 MHz sample rate (1 MHz bandwidth)
- Shim interface
- Acquisition and digital control system
- Communication control unit (CCU)
- Timing control unit (TCU)
- Frequency control unit for one channel (FCU)
- Gradient control unit (GCU)
- Gradient interface with preemphasis (BGU)
RF Resonators
- Mouse head linear volume resonator
- No tune/no match, optimized for mouse brain loadings
- Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH, item: Bio PRK 300, RES 089/023, Model No: 1 P T8119, Max peak power: 400 W, Max average power: 10 W
- Rat head/Mouse body linear volume resonator
- No tune/no match, optimized for rat brain or mouse whole-body loadings
- Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH, item: Bio PRK 300 EPI, RES 089/038, Model No: 1 P T8121, Max peak power: 400 W, Max average power: 40 W
- Rat body linear volume resonator (not functional at the moment)
- No tune/no match, optimized for rat whole-body loadings
- Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH, item: Bio PRK 300, 1H 089/060, Model No: 1 P T8123, Peak power 1H: 400 W, 5 ms, Mean power 1H: 3 W
Computer
- Bruker desktop MR-workstation, running Linux
- Two 20" TFT monitors
- Printer
Software
- ParaVision 5.1 Basic Package
- ParaVision Extension Package
- Ultrafast Imaging Package (EPI sequences)
- Angiography Package (2D inflow, Phase Contrast)
- Ultra short TE (UTE) Package
- Image Algebra and Fit Package
- 3D Image Processing Package
- Paravision Spectroscopy Package
- Paravision Data Manager
- Paravision Diffusion Tensor Imaging Package
- Intragate (for retrospectively triggered cardiac imaging)
Animal Monitoring and Handling Equipment
- Animal bed for mouse brain applications (to be used with the 23 mm resonator)
- Animal bed for mouse whole-body applications (to be used with the 38 mm resonator)
- Animal bed for rat brain applications (to be used with the 38 mm resonator)
- Animal bed for rat whole-body applications (to be used with the 60 mm resonator)
- BioTrig Life Monitoring System: System for display and analysis of physiological signals during animal examinations. Developed for the synchronization of MR acquisitions by using ECG or respiration triggering signals.
- MRI compatible temperature probe from SA Instruments
- Pressure sensor for respiration monitoring and triggering from SA Instruments
- ECG electrodes for cardiac triggering from SA Instruments
- Animal heating blankets with recirculating warm water
- Manual describing the operation of the Animal Monitoring and Handling Equipment pdf
Other Equipment
- Syringe Pump (Harvard Programable PHD 2000)
- Manual describing the operation of the syringe pump pdf