3T MR imaging/spectrometer for heart and brain research

用于心脏和大脑研究的 3T MR 成像/光谱仪

• 批准号: 6803817
• 负责人: GERALD Michael POHOST
• 金额: $ 200万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-06-01 至 2008-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6803817
• 关键词: bioimaging /biomedical imaging; biomedical equipment purchase; magnetic resonance imaging; whole body imaging /scanning

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a critical need for a 3T whole body MR imaging/spectrometry platform dedicated to research at the University of Southern California (USC). This was reinforced by the Dean (Stephen Ryan, MD) at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the president of the University (Stephen Sample, PhD) who have stated their support for the construction of a state of the art magnetic resonance imaging center to be located on the Health Sciences Campus. The interdisciplinary nature of this platform, with the advantages and capabilities it brings to a wide range of studies, typifies the theme of unifying research in both cardiovascular and neurological sciences at USC in the coming decade. This proposal has support from investigators at the House Ear Institute, Huntington Memorial Hospital of Pasadena, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and both the University Park and Health Sciences Campus at USC. None of these institutions/locations has a dedicated research platform that has the capabilities that we are requesting, and all of these researchers are extremely enthusiastic about the experiments that this instrumentation will make possible. There is a substantial amount of technical expertise with MR imaging and spectroscopy at USC, with investigators from Radiology, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering. In addition, experience with high field MR systems is present in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Electrical Engineering. This state-of-the-art system will provide ultra high speed imaging, superb spectral localization, and diffusion capabilities which are required by the cutting edge research in both cardiovascular and neurological sciences; these capabilities are critical for a number of NIH funded projects that are currently underway at this institution. Moreover, it will provide an ideal experimental platform for numerous grants that are currently under review.

描述（由申请人提供）： 南加州大学（USC）迫切需要专用于研究的3 T全身MR成像/光谱测量平台。南加州大学凯克医学院院长（Stephen Ryan，医学博士）和大学校长（Stephen Sample，博士）对此表示支持，他们支持在健康科学校园内建造一个最先进的磁共振成像中心。这个平台的跨学科性质，以及它为广泛的研究带来的优势和能力，代表了未来十年南加州大学心血管和神经科学统一研究的主题。这项提议得到了众议院耳研究所、帕萨迪纳亨廷顿纪念医院、洛杉矶儿童医院以及南加州大学大学公园和健康科学校区的研究人员的支持。这些机构/地点都没有一个专门的研究平台，具有我们所要求的能力，所有这些研究人员都非常热衷于这种仪器将使实验成为可能。南加州大学拥有大量的磁共振成像和光谱技术专业知识，研究人员来自放射学，神经学和生物医学工程。此外，在心血管医学和电气工程领域拥有高场MR系统的经验。这种最先进的系统将提供超高速成像，卓越的光谱定位和扩散能力，这是心血管和神经科学前沿研究所需的;这些能力对于该机构目前正在进行的一些NIH资助项目至关重要。此外，它将为目前正在审查的许多赠款提供一个理想的实验平台。