Research areas
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• 7T whole-body UHF MRI: abdominal, cardiac and prostate MR imaging • 7T Neuroimaging & functoinal (f)MRI • Development of radiofrequency (RF-) components and transmit/receive RF coils • Safety of RF coils and implants in UHF MRI • Standardisation and quality assurance in UHF MRI • Sequences and methods for signal homogenization cpTx, HF-shimming, TIAMO) • Spectroscopy (GABA, 31P prostate) and chemical sift imaging
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Facilities
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MAGNETOM Terra 7 Tesla MRI System (Siemens Healthineers) 8-channel with each 2 kW parallel transmit system (pTx) (Siemens Healthineers) 64 receiver channels, gradient coil SC72 fMRI: BOLDscreen monitor, audio system, eye tracking system, electro stimulator, response box interface, physiologic data recording with Biopac and Brain Products Various larger 3D printers with MR compatible materials and print sizes (max. 500 x 400 x 450 mm3) for 3D printing of RF coil housings and MRI phantoms 2x H100 Nvidia cluster for fast RF simulations and deep learning applications
RF coils: Head coil 1Tx/32Rx (Nova Medical, Wilmington, USA) Head coil 8pTx/32Rx (Nova Medical; Wilmington, USA) Knee coil 1Tx/28Rx (QED) Head coil 8Tx/8Rx (Eigenentwicklung ELH) Shoulder coil 8Tx/16Rx (Eigenentwicklung ELH) Body coil 8Tx/32Rx (Eigenentwicklung ELH) Ankle joint coil 8Tx/8Rx (Eigenentwicklung ELH) Prostate coil, endorektal, 1H/31P (Eigenentwicklung ELH) Small animal coil, mice and rats, 1H/19F, pTx (Eigenentwicklung) Body coil 8Tx/24Rx für 1H plus 1Tx/4Rx für 31P, (TDC, Zaltbommel, NL)
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