470 MHz Animal Bore MRI System

Specs

• Designation: Animal MRI
• Location: Gainesville
• Manufacturer: Magnex Scientific
• Field: 11.0 Tesla
• Bore size = 40 cm
• 211 G/cm actively-shielded gradients (25 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
• Phased-Array capability

Surface Coils

• 1H (470 MHz), 3cm dia.
• 31P (201 MHz), 3cm dia.
• 13C (125 MHz), 3cm dia.

Quadrature Birdcages

• 470 MHz, ID = 3.2cm, OD = 7.6cm
• 470 MHz, ID = 5.1cm, OD = 9.5cm
• 470 MHz, ID = 9.5cm, OD = 14.0cm
• 470 MHz, ID = 15.2cm, OD = 20.3cm

ReCav (Reentrant Cavity) Coils

• 470 MHz, ID = 9.5cm, OD = 19.5cm
• 470 MHz, ID = 15.2cm, OD = 20.3cm

Linear Birdcages

• ID = 7.2cm, OD = 15.0cm (Bruker)