BioSpec MRI system
The Bruker’s BioSpec 9.4 Tesla is located in the Lorry Lokey Preclinical Research Facility, room 318
Features
- AVANCE NEO Electronics
- 20 cm warm bore diameter
- Two interchangeable shielded X,Y,Z gradients sets:
- Maximum gradient strength = 400 mT/m
- Maximum gradient strength = 2080 mT/m
- 1000 Watt 1H RF power amplifier, bandwidth 15 to 400 MHZ
- 1000 Watt broadband 1H RF power amplifier, bandwidth 15 to 400 MHZ
- Four receiver channels and parallel imaging capabilities
- Multi-nuclear NMR capability: 1H, 31P, 19F, 13C
- Several 1H imaging probes (linear and quadrature resonators)
- Several 1H surface coils with various diameter (id=10, 20 and 30 cm)
- Several multi-nuclear surface coils
- Animal thermal beds for rat and mouse that have stereotactic fixation, anesthesia mask
- Body temperature control (circulating heated water)
- Monitoring of vital signs (respiration, ECG, rectal temperature)
- Bruker ParaVison® 360 acquisition and processing imaging software
- AutoPac system
- 1H Mouse CryoProbe Recieve only
Minispec Contrast Agent Analyzer
The Bruker’s Minispec is located in the Lorry Lokey Preclinical Research Facility, room 314
The Minispec Contrast Agent Analyzer (the 40MHz magnet) plays a key role in characterizing and validating the properties of contrast agents. The task is to examine the T1 and T2 relaxation time shortening of fat and water protons by contrast agents. Contrast agents (commercial or new design) are used to enhance contrast in magnetic resonance images between tissues that otherwise would be difficult to differentiate. These are especially soft tissue of the central nervous, digestive, lymphatic and cardiovascular system, liver, breast and lung.