Acquisition of a Siemens Console and Gradients for a 7T MRI/MRS System

为 7T MRI/MRS 系统购买西门子控制台和梯度

• 批准号: 8734828
• 负责人: R Todd Constable
• 金额: $ 200万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-15 至 2016-07-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8734828
• 关键词: Canada; Communities; Engineering; Functional Imaging; Head; Investments; Magnetic Resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurosciences; Principal Investigator; Research; Resolution; Resources; Scanning; Switzerland; System; Technical Expertise; Training Programs; Universities; cost; programs

Project Summary This proposal is aimed at converting a head-only 7T Agilent/Varian MRS scanner to a 7T Siemens scanner by replacing the console and all the RF, and gradient hardware. This will yield a state-of-the-art MRS and MRI system to serve the research needs of up to 60 principal investigators that currently scan in the Yale Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC). The upgrade solves several problems. First Agilent has announced it is no longer going to make 7T magnets so if Yale is to have a 7T MRI, upgrading this existing system is the only path forward. Second because of this announcement from Agilent, support for the current system will shortly no longer be available and this expensive/important resource may be lost without such an upgrade. Third we have a strong demand at Yale for both structural and functional imaging capabilities at very high spatial and temporal resolution and by upgrading this magnet we can provide such capabilities to a large research community both within and outside of Yale. Furthermore we have several training programs in both engineering and neuroscience that would benefit from access to this upgraded high field imager. We have the technical expertise, the research relationship with Siemens, several exceptionally strong research programs, and the user needs, to justify this investment. Yale has invested a considerable amount of resources in the MRRC and in this case would provide 50% of the cost of this upgrade demonstrating the importance the university puts on this resource. This would be the only head-MRI 68cm bore 7T Siemens system in the USA. Two others exist in the world - one in Luasanne, Switzerland and the other in Waterloo, Canada and thus this would be a unique resource.

项目摘要 该提案旨在将仅由头部的7T安捷伦（Varian）/瓦里安（Varian）扫描仪转换为7t Siemens扫描仪 更换控制台和所有RF和梯度硬件。这将产生最先进的MRS和MRI 系统以满足最多60位主要研究人员的研究需求，这些研究人员目前在耶鲁大学磁性中扫描 共振研究中心（MRRC）。升级解决了几个问题。第一个安捷伦特宣布是 不再制造7T磁铁，因此，如果耶鲁大学要拥有7T MRI，升级此现有系统是唯一的 前进的路。其次是由于Agilent的公告，对当前系统的支持很快就会 不再可用，如果没有这样的升级，这种昂贵/重要的资源可能会丢失。第三我们 在耶鲁大学对耶鲁大学的需求很大 时间分辨率并通过升级此磁铁，我们可以为大型研究提供此类功能 耶鲁大学内外的社区。此外，我们都有几个培训计划 工程和神经科学将受益于该升级的高现场成像器的访问。我们有 技术专长，与西门子的研究关系，几个非常强大的研究计划， 用户需要证明这项投资是合理的。耶鲁大学已经在 MRRC，在这种情况下，将提供此升级成本的50％，证明了重要性 大学投入了此资源。这将是美国唯一的Head-MRI 68厘米孔7T SIEMENS系统。 世界上存在另外两个 将是一个独特的资源。