3 Tesla high-end whole body magnetic resonance imaging system

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The requested 3 Tesla high-end magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system will be made available to the various research groups at the Halle (Saale) location. For this purpose, an interdisciplinary research unit will be set up as a core facility ("Halle MR Imaging Core Facility" of the Martin-Luther-University [MLU] Halle-Wittenberg), which will be supported by all faculties of the Universitätsmedizin Halle (Saale). The core facility will be run on the basis of a user regulation, which is issued by the relevant committees of the Universitätsmedizin Halle (Saale).The installation of the MRI system aims to implement numerous interdisciplinary research projects by exploiting existing synergies. The individual planned research projects are based on the research focus areas and clinical profiles of the Medical Faculty of the MLU Halle-Wittenberg and, hence, are focusing on MR imaging in oncology, cardiac and vascular medicine as well as aging medicine. Further research projects in adjacent areas are already in the planning phase or are currently being designed. In addition to the significant strengthening of the research focus areas of the Universitätsmedizin Halle (Saale) and the establishment of new excellence centers, the device should also promote further development of new MR imaging methods, which are elementary in the exploration of physiological and pathophysiological processes. The choice fell on an MRI system with a magnetic field strength of 3 Tesla because of the spatial and temporal resolutions being achievable as well as the good method transferability into clinical diagnostics and therapy monitoring in daily routine. Many of the outlined research projects require an appropriate availability of the device due to their longitudinal design with strict time limits. In addition, measurements in demanding body regions (e.g. abdomen, heart) and in patients with limited examination compliance are envisaged necessitating a modern, adequately equipped MRI system. Both requirements are not met with the currently available clinical MR scanners with their extremely intensive workload in patient care.