MRI: Development of a Next Gen 9.4T Magnetic Resonance system for Translational Neuroscience

该奖项支持9.4特斯拉磁共振成像系统的开发和实施，该系统将成为世界上最强大的成像系统之一，供神经科学家研究人类大脑。该神经成像仪将用于安全、无创地观察人类大脑解剖、代谢和功能，以达到最高的空间、光谱和时间分辨率。该仪器将汇集神经科学研究人员从整个大纽约，三州地区。位于世界顶级神经科学社区之一的中心，这台9.4T神经成像仪将在理解人类大脑和行为方面促进重大的新发现。教育和培训项目也得到了支持。新一代训练有素的工程师和科学家以及一个新的科学和发现水平将随之而来。该拨款本身支持开发一种新的第二代控制台，以优化从这种超高场强磁铁获得的数据质量。这个革命性的工程项目是由哥伦比亚大学、纽约大学和康奈尔大学工程学院以及包括通用电气全球研究和通信电力公司在内的纽约州工业公司合作进行的。这个控制台将与现有的9.4T头部磁铁接口，以完成神经成像系统。它将被安置在一个新的超高场成像实验室中，该实验室正在为该项目单独建造。参与该项目的既有学术教师，也有行业工程师、学生和技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports the development and implementation of a 9.4 tesla magnetic resonance imaging system which will be one of the most powerful imaging systems in the world for neuroscientists to study the human brain. This neuroimager will be used to safely and noninvasively observe human brain anatomy, metabolism and function at the highest spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions achievable. This instrument will bring together neuroscience researchers from throughout the Greater New York City, Tri-State area. Centrally located in one of world’s top neuroscience communities, this 9.4T neuroimager will foster significant new discovery in understanding the human brain and behavior. Educational and training programs are also supported. A new generation of trained engineers and scientists and a new level of science and discovery will follow.The grant itself supports the development of a novel second-generation console to optimize the quality of data obtained from this ultra-high field strength magnet. This revolutionary engineering project is conducted as a collaboration between Columbia, NYU and Cornell engineering schools and New York State industries including GE Global Research and Communications Power Corp. This console will be interfaced to an existing 9.4T head-only magnet to complete the neuro-imaging system. It will be housed in a new ultra-high-field imaging laboratory being built separately for this project. Participating in this project are both academic faculty and industry engineers, students and technicians.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.