Heidelberg

Research areas

• Hydrogen and X-nuclei imaging and spectroscopy
•Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) MRI
•Parallel transmit (pTx) techniques
•RF systems and concepts
• Electromagnetic simulations for RF antennas and MR magnets
• Tumor diagnosis

Facilities

7 T:

• Siemens Magnetom 7T, passively shielded, X-nuclei option, 8-ch pTx System (Siemens, TXA step 2.3), AS095DS gradient coil, ECG and respiration monitoring
  • ¹H and X-nuclei coils (¹⁷O, ²³Na, ³⁵Cl, ³¹P, ³⁹K), including:
    • 8-ch pTx head coil (Nova Medical)
    • 8-ch RF body coil
    • Breast coils for ¹H and ³¹P
    • ³²Na body coil
  • 32-ch pTx system with integrated 32-ch body transmit array, 32-ch local receive array, and VOP-based safety supervision (MRexcite, own development)

RF lab:

• RF field probes (SPEAG) and 3d positioning system
• Coaxial probe (SPEAG DAK 12 [4 MHz - 3 GHz])
• Optical temperature probes
• MR mock-up including RF shield, bore liner, patient table, and RF absorber
• 32-channel modulators and CW amplifiers (10 W / ch)

Clinical MR systems:

• Siemens mMR (3 T MR-PET)
• Siemens Vida (3 T with 70 cm bore)
• Siemens Prisma (3 T)
• Siemens Aera (1.5 T)

Small-animal system:

• Bruker 9.4T PET-MR

       Hyperpolarization systems:

• General Electric SpinLab
• Polarize SpinAligner

Contact

German Cancer Research Center (E020)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
69120 Heidelberg

Prof. Mark E. Ladd
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Phone: +49 6221 42 2553

http://www.dkfz.de/de/medphysrad/index.php