Technology

Scanners
The core elements of the facility are three whole-body, clinical MRI scanners supplied by Siemens:

3T MAGNETOM Prisma Fit:
a high performance and multi-purpose wholebody system for many kinds of research and clinical applications

  • 80mT, 200T/m/s body gradients
  • 2nd order shims
  • RF coils, including: 64-Ch Head-neck coil, 32 Head coil, 20 Ch Head/Neck neurovascular coil, Spine Matrix Coil, medium flex coil, large flex coil
  • Two channel RF transmission allowing better RF homogeneity and spatially selective excitation.

Learn more about the 3T MAGNETOM Prisma Fit.

 

7T MAGNETOM:
on the edge of clinical utility and developing the next wave of scientific breakthroughs

  • Actively shielded whole body magnet
  • 70mT, 200T/m/s body gradients
  • 2nd and 3rd order B0 shims
  • Spectroscopy capable, incl. broadband X-nuclei RF-amplifier
  • 8 channel parallel transmission (pTx)
  • RF-coils, including: 1Tx /32Rx Head coil, 8Tx/32Rx Head coil, 28-Ch knee coil

Learn more about the 7T MAGNETOM. 

 

9.4T MAGNETOM:
one of only a few such systems world-wide, providing unparalleled insights into the working of the brain and body

  • Whole body magnet
  • 80mT, 400T/m/s head gradients
  • 2nd and 3rd order B0 shims
  • 16 channel parallel transmit (pTx)
  • RF-coils, including: 16Tx/31Rx-Ch Head coil, 16Ch local posterior coil, 16Ch local bi-lateral coil.

 

Mock scanner:
Scannexus offers a dummy system to simulate fMRI experiments, the Mock scanner. This includes simulation of the MRI scanner trigger, as well as the possibility to play scanner sounds to a subject. With a head motion sensor, it also has the possibility to train a subject to avoid head motion.

 

 

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for all systems
Scannexus offers a range of stimulus and peripheral equipment for the Mock scanner, 3T, 7T, and 9.4T MRI scanners, such as:

  • Response Button Box + Trigger Box
  • Stimulus PC
  • Projectors
  • Audio system within-ear hi-fi audio system
  • Joystick
  • Motion cameras
  • Turbo Brain Voyager PC for real fMRI analysis
  • Contrast agent injector

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for the 3T and 7T

  • Binocular eye tracker
  • Binocular stimulus
  • Motion tracking camera
  • 256 channel EGI sponge cap EEG system

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for the 7T and 9.4T

  • Acoustic cardiac triggering

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for the Mock scanner

  • Response Button Box + Trigger Box including simulated MRI trigger
  • Stimulus PC
  • Projector
  • Audio system with in-ear headphones
  • Joystick

 

Software for Stimulus PC
There are different kinds of software that can be used. The software that is most often used can be supported by us. The most common software used is:
Neurobs Presentation
MATLAB (including Psychtoolbox)
PsychoPy
TurboBrainVoyager (real-time fMRI)

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for all systems

Scannexus offers a range of stimulus and peripheral equipment for the Mock scanner, 3T, 7T, and 9.4T MRI scanners, such as:

  • Response Button Box + Trigger Box
  • Stimulus PC
  • Projectors
  • Audio system within-ear hi-fi audio system
  • Joystick
  • Motion cameras
  • Turbo Brain Voyager PC for real fMRI analysis
  • Contrast agent injector

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for the 3T and 7T

  • Binocular eye tracker
  • Binocular stimulus
  • Motion tracking camera
  • 256 channel EGI sponge cap EEG system

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for the 7T and 9.4T

  • Acoustic cardiac triggering

Stimulus and Peripheral equipment for the Mock scanner

  • Response Button Box + Trigger Box including simulated MRI trigger
  • Stimulus PC
  • Projector
  • Audio system with in-ear headphones
  • Joystick

Software for Stimulus PC

There are different kinds of software that can be used. The software that is most often used can be supported by us. The most common software used is:

·         Neurobs Presentation

·         MATLAB (including Psychtoolbox)

·         PsychoPy

·         TurboBrainVoyager (real-time fMRI)