Human Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment
Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging (WCI)
- One 3T clinical MRI (Achieva, Philips, Cleveland, Ohio)
- One 7T human, preclinical MRI (Achieva, Philips, Cleveland, Ohio)
NOTE: These dedicated research MRI systems are equipped with parallel imaging and fast gradient capabilities. In addition, a mobile 64-Slice PET/CT is forthcoming (Gemini, Philips, Cleveland, Ohio)
Clinical Radiology Equipment
One 3T clinical MRI (Magnetom Trio, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)
- Five 1.5T clinical MRIs (4 Avanto, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany; 1 Esprit, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)
- Three 1.5T clinical MRIs (Signa, GE Milwaukee, WI)
- Additional equipment within the Department of Radiology include a PET/CT, 8 CT scanners, 21 Ultrasound systems, conventional x-ray, portable X-ray, C-Arms, and Fluoroscopy, 3 bone densitometers and 9 mammography systems.
Animal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) EquipmentAnimal Imaging Facilities
- One 4.7T small bore MRI (BioSpec, Bruker, Etlingen, Germany)
- One 9.4T wide bore vertical NMR System (Varian, Palo Alto, CA)
- One 11.7T small bore vertical NMR System (BioSpec, Bruker, Etlingen, Germany)
- Additional equipment include SPECT/CT, microPET, high-resolution Ultrasound, bioluminescence imaging.
Computer Equipment
- Five dedicated post processing workstations for volume data processing (Leonardo, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)
- Three dedicated post processing workstations for volume data processing (Advantage Windows, GE, Milwaukee, WI)
- Image Viewing and Archiving (PACs system)
- Image post processing and quantitative analysis
- The imaging processing infrastructure consists of state-of-the-art hardware.
Multi-core processor workstations with high quantities of RAM in combination
with 64-bit operating systems provide a leading edge environment. Also available are
more than 15 Terra Byte of network storage, PACS workstations as well a secure FTP server for data exchange. Such systems are with technical assistance 24/7.
- Existing (Supported) software platforms are: Windows, Linux. Image processing software is developed platform independently using Interactive Data Language (IDL, Research Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA).
