MRI: Acquisition of a High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Science and Engineering Research

MRI：获取用于科学和工程研究的高场磁共振成像系统

• 批准号: 0923209
• 负责人: Richard Magin
• 金额: $ 199.5万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0923209&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Field; Magnetic; Resonance

NSF MRI Proposal (R. L. Magin, P. I.)Acquisition of a High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Science and Engineering ResearchAbstractTechnical Description The applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) are rapidly expanding beyond the traditional domains of chemistry and medicine. Engineers, biologists, and even artists are seeing their problems in new ways through the use of non-contact, radiation free and fully three dimensional MR imaging. The flow of fluids, the efficiency of catalysts, the strength of polymers, and the hidden structure of developing plants can all be viewed with micron scale resolution and in time periods as short as a fraction of a second. Neuroscientists can probe models of memory and cognition, while chemical engineers can study processes from the molecular to the industrial scale. This is all achieved using special MRI techniques that encode system structure, function, and dynamics. Significance & Impact The overall goal of this proposal is to bring the imaging and analytical power of MRI (Bruker 9.4 T imaging spectrometer) to a larger community of engineers and scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). We plan to operate the system under the jurisdiction of the UIC Research Resources Center in a dedicated campus research space. The new MRI will also be the principal imaging system for undergraduate and graduate laboratory courses in magnetic resonance imaging and a key asset for REU, RET and K-12 outreach programs at UIC. In this manner we will increase the shared access of these campus communities to state of the art magnetic resonance imaging.

NSF MRI提案（R。L. Magin，P. I.）获取高场磁共振成像系统的科学和工程研究摘要技术说明磁共振成像（MRI）和光谱（MRS）的应用正在迅速扩大超出传统的化学和医学领域。 工程师，生物学家，甚至艺术家通过使用非接触，无辐射和完全三维的MR成像以新的方式看到他们的问题。 流体的流动、催化剂的效率、聚合物的强度以及正在发育的植物的隐藏结构都可以以微米级的分辨率和短至几分之一秒的时间段进行观察。神经科学家可以探索记忆和认知的模型，而化学工程师可以研究从分子到工业规模的过程。这一切都是通过使用特殊的MRI技术来实现的，这些技术对系统结构、功能和动力学进行编码。该提案的总体目标是将MRI（布鲁克9. 4 T成像光谱仪）的成像和分析能力带给芝加哥伊利诺伊大学（UIC）和伊利诺伊理工学院（IIT）的工程师和科学家。 我们计划在UIC研究资源中心的管辖下，在一个专门的校园研究空间运行该系统。 新的MRI也将成为本科生和研究生实验室课程的主要成像系统，以及UIC REU，RET和K-12外展计划的关键资产。 通过这种方式，我们将增加这些校园社区对最先进的磁共振成像的共享访问。