Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program

描述（由申请人提供）： 马萨诸塞州总医院有一个独特的机会，可以在神经科学重症监护病房内放置3.0特斯拉的MRI设备。MGHICU是美国最大的神经科学ICU之一（17张床位），临床工作人员渴望在ICU内放置成像设备。MGH也是AA的所在地。Martinos生物医学成像中心（以前称为MGH-NMR中心），在功能性神经成像技术方面取得了许多进展。此外，Martinos中心在过去七年中获得了门诊3.0特斯拉单位的经验。随着对住院患者科研工作的资助增加，迫切需要额外的研究成像能力来支持这组研究人员。这一提议背后的一个关键假设是，重症监护室的病人代表了一个不寻常的机会来了解疾病和生物学。由于这些主题很难带入仪器，我们试图通过将仪器带给他们来获得这些见解。MRI系统是一种仅用于头部的成像设备，它足够小，足够轻，可以安装在MGH主校区布莱克大楼的12楼。选择该仪器是因为它的尺寸、高梯度性能和软件功能，以及它与现有仪器和由这组研究者开发的定制软件的兼容性。该提案要求为该磁铁准备Neuro ICU空间所需的建设提供资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A unique opportunity to place a 3.0 Tesla MRI device inside a Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit exists at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The MGHICU is one of the largest Neuroscience ICUs in the country (17 beds) and the clinical staff are eager to site an imaging device within the ICU. MGH also is home to the A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (formerly known as the MGH-NMR Center), where a number of advances in functional neuroimaging techniques have been made. Furthermore, the Martinos Center has gained experience with outpatient 3.0 Tesla units over the past seven years. As funding for scientific work in inpatients has increased, there has arisen a critical need for additional research imaging capabilities to support this group of researchers. A key assumption underlying this proposal is that patients in an intensive care unit represent an unusual opportunity to learn about disease and biology. Since these subjects are difficult to bring to the instrumentation, we seek to gain these insights by bringing the instrumentation to them. The MRI system, a head-only imaging device, is small enough and light enough to be installed on the 12th floor of the Blake Building of the main MGH campus. The instrument was chosen for its size, high gradient performance and software capabilities, as well as its compatibility with existing instrumentation and custom software developed by this group of investigators. This proposal requests funding for the construction necessary to prepare the Neuro ICU space for this magnet.