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

Quadrature Birdcages

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

Linear Birdcages

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

Phase Arrays

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

This magnet is located at the MagLab’s AMRIS facility in Gainesville, Florida.

For more information please contact AMRIS Director Joanna Long.