University of Oxford installs Siemens 7T MRI scanner
The University of Oxford has installed Siemens Healthcare's Magnetom 7T whole-body MRI system, and plans to use the system for clinical neuroscience and cardiology research.
The Magnetom 7T MRI has been sited at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain within the department of clinical neurosciences. A 3T Magnetom Verio was also recently installed at the Oxford, U.K.-based Centre.
The 7T MRI will be primarily used for imaging the structure and function of the brain to advance collaborative work within the university to better understand the healthy human brain and the mechanisms underpinning key diseases of the central nervous system, such as stroke, neurodegeneration, epilepsy, chronic pain and various psychiatric conditions.
Another major research topic, in collaboration with the department of cardiovascular medicine, will study the heart using both imaging and spectroscopy.
For more about 7T MRI, please read "7T MRI Sharpens its Focus," in the February issue of Health Imaging.
The Magnetom 7T MRI has been sited at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain within the department of clinical neurosciences. A 3T Magnetom Verio was also recently installed at the Oxford, U.K.-based Centre.
The 7T MRI will be primarily used for imaging the structure and function of the brain to advance collaborative work within the university to better understand the healthy human brain and the mechanisms underpinning key diseases of the central nervous system, such as stroke, neurodegeneration, epilepsy, chronic pain and various psychiatric conditions.
Another major research topic, in collaboration with the department of cardiovascular medicine, will study the heart using both imaging and spectroscopy.
For more about 7T MRI, please read "7T MRI Sharpens its Focus," in the February issue of Health Imaging.