Das Herzstück der Abteilung ist der 7
Tesla Kernspintomograph,
Modell ClinScan 70/30 USR der Firma Bruker.
Ein MRI und MRS Scanner, der speziell
für Kleintierstudien nutzbar ist.
Das System ist klinisch orientiert und basiert auf der syngo Technologie der Firma Siemens.
ClinScan - Technical Description
Superconducting Magnet System
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Actively-shielded superconducting wide-bore magnet
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Nitrogen free (no cryogenic maintenance by customer)
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Cryo-refrigerator (Minimal helium consumption, long hold-times, long maintenance intervals)
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Reduced stray field
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Screening against external field perturbations
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Table attached to the magnet front side with integrated rail for animal handling system
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Field strength: 7 T
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Diameter of clear bore: > 302 mm
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Stray-field (5 Gauss): +/- 3 m axial, +/- 2 m radial
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Passive RT shim system
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Vibration damping (absorber)
Gradient system with RT-shim and related power supplies
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Actively shielded gradients
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Integrated shim set up to 2nd order
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Outer / inner diameter: 301.5 mm / 200.5 mm
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Gradient amplitude: 290 mT/m
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Slew rate: 1160 T/m/s
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Linearity 130 / 100 mm DSV: < ± 3% / < ± 2%
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Water cooled
The ClinScan runs the software syngo® MR B15
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Clinically oriented routine workflow
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Parallel scanning and reconstruction
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The drag&drop functionality is fully supported
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iPAT (integrated Parallel Acquisition Techniques)
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Application packages adapted to small animal MRi/MRS
- MAGNETOM Avanto/Trio digital radio frequency system
- The digital signal processing system operates at 1H resonance frequency of 300 MHz and
stabilization for superior resolution and image quality
- Multi nuclei option
- Receiver bandwidth: 1 MHz
- Digital receive channels: 8 (16, 32 optional)
- 1H RF amplifier: 1400 W pulse power
- Host computer with dual processor Pentium XEON™ CPU
- High performance image processor with dual processor (2x AMD Opteron)
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High resolution color LCD flat screen monitor
Bilder: Steve Braun
