Research areas
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• 7T whole-body high-field MRI, for example: whole-body angiography, abdominal and cardiac imaging
• 7T Neuroscience & fMRI
• Development of radio frequency (RF) systems and RF coils, e.g. Meander, stripline and loop coils
• Safety of RF coils and implants in high-field MRI
• Standardization of high-field MRI
• Sequences and methods for 1 channel, pTx and RF shimming eg TIAMO, 3D EPI, multi-echo EPI, Multiband EPI Imaging or Spokes and Zoomed Imaging
• Spectroscopy and chemical shift imaging, and X-nuclei e.g. 31P prostate spectroscopy or GABA spectroscopy
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Facilities
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Magnetom 7T, type 900 ps ( passively shielded), (Siemens)
8-Channel Parallel Transmit System (Siemens, TXA step 2.3)
8-channel RF shimming and SAR monitoring system , with optional 1- channel X - nuclei monitoring, subject- capable (own development)
16- channel RF shimming and monitoring system , subject capable (own development)
AS095DS gradient coil (38 mT / m, 200 mT / m / ms)
Electric sliding patient table
FMRI: video projector, audio system ( Serene Sound), 8 key response system ( LUMItouch ), synchronized triggers, Eye-blink-camera system, electrical stimulator, foot plate movement glove
Physiological monitoring : ECG, PCG, oxygen saturation, respiration, non-contact pulse measurement
Contrast agent (EZEM), 7T compatible
RF coils:
Head coil 32 channel ( Nova Medical),
Head coil 8 channel (Rapid Biomed , plus own development )
Body arrays: 8 channel , 8 Tx/16 Rx channel, 8 channel 1H/19F (own development)
Musculosceletal coils : Ankle / Shoulder 8 channel (own development)
Prostate coils, endorectal , 1H/31P (own development)
Breast Coil , 2x8 channel (own development)
Small animal coils: mouse and rat, 1H/19F, pTx -capable (own development)
Rooms and other facilities:
RF coil laboratory including robot (developed) to measure the E-and H-field(Speag), coaxial probe(Agilent 85070) to measure the dielectric properties, 2x optical temperture probes (Luxtron), network analyzers including a 7T compatible (HP, Agilent, AEA Technology), oscilloscope with up to 2GHz (LeCroy)
Precision mechanics workshop with board plotters
Animal laboratories (S1 certified)
computing cluster
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The Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging is an interdisciplinary research institution for the study and application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging in the neurosciences and in medical diagnostics and therapy. The inter-university institution was founded by the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, in July 2005. In October 2006, the Erwin L. Hahn Institute had started its research at the historic industrial complex the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein in the northeast of the city of Essen.