200 MHz Animal Bore MRI System

Specs

• Designation: Imaging
• Location: Gainesville, LG123C
• Field: 4.7 Tesla
• Bore size = 33 cm
• 11 G/cm actively-shielded gradients (20 cm ID)
• 22 G/cm actively-shielded gradients (12 cm ID)
• 400 kHz ADC with digital signal processing
• Multinuclear capabilities - 1H, 13C, 31P, 19F, 23Na
• Two broadband 1 kW transmit channels
• Advanced methodology, e.g. EPI, RARE
• On-line image algebra and fMRI processing

Surface coils

• 1H (200 MHz), 3cm diameter, receive-only
• 1H (200 MHz), Quadrature Transceive, each loop 2 cm dia.
• 31P (189 MHz), 1.5cm dia.
• 13C (118 MHz), 1.5cm dia.

Quadrature Birdcages

• 200 MHz, ID = 3.3cm, OD = 6.2cm
• 200 MHz, ID = 5.0cm, OD = 8.8cm
• 200 MHz, ID = 6.0cm, OD = 11.4cm
• 200 MHz, ID = 9.5cm, OD = 14.0cm
• 200 MHz, ID = 15.0cm, OD = 19.3cm, transmit only
• Morris quadrature birdcage, ID = 14.5cm, OD = 20.0cm

Linear Birdcages

• ID = 15.0cm, OD = 20.0cm (Bruker)
• ID = 7.2cm, OD = 11.6cm (Bruker)

Phase Arrays

• Four element surface array - each element 4.0cm x 5.0cm
• Four element surface array - each element 1.5cm x 1.5cm
• Four element surface array - each element 3.0cm x 3.0cm