3 Tesla MRI Scanner

我们正在申请一台磁共振（MR）扫描仪，以取代法兰克福歌德大学（GU）脑成像中心（BIC）的一台3特斯拉研究扫描仪。GU的几个部门在BIC联合开展神经科学研究项目。这些项目包括神经科学研究，神经和神经精神疾病的病理生理学研究以及神经科学中新型MRI成像方法的发展。考虑到不断增加的研究项目数量及其日益增加的技术复杂性，一座由国家资助的新研究大楼目前正在建设中，预计将于2024年初搬迁。目前正在成立的尖端技术基础设施中心BIC-GU是在BIC内的GU用户的组织结构。GU之前在BIC中操作了两台3特斯拉磁共振扫描仪。由于其中一台扫描仪不再是最先进的，并且已经达到了服务终止的限制，因此它已于2021年底逐步减少。因此，目前只有一台磁共振扫描仪可用于GU的科学项目。替换退役的核磁共振扫描仪对于继续大学水平的当前和计划的研究项目以及保持BIC的国际竞争力至关重要。在BIC之外，GU的神经科学家无法在当地使用研究专用的磁共振扫描仪进行人体成像。新的最先进的3T MRI设备旨在满足创新人脑研究日益增长的技术需求，并满足神经科学领域复杂的技术要求。新的研究磁共振扫描仪将于2024年初直接安装在新的研究大楼中。

We are applying for a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner as a replacement for a 3 Tesla research scanner at the Brain Imaging Center (BIC) of Goethe University Frankfurt (GU). Several GU departments jointly conduct neuroscientific research projects at the BIC. These projects include neuroscientific research, research into the pathophysiology of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases and the development of novel MRI imaging methods in neurosciences. To account for the continuously increasing number of research projects and their increasing technical complexity, a new state-funded research building is currently under construction, the relocation being scheduled for early 2024. The high-technology infrastructure center BIC-GU, which is currently being founded, is the organizational structure of the GU users in the BIC.The GU previously operated two 3 Tesla MR scanners in the BIC. As one of these scanners was no longer state-of-the-art and had reached the end-of-service limit, it had be ramped down in late 2021. Consequently, there is currently only one MR scanner available for the scientific projects of the GU. A replacement for the decommissioned MR scanner is essential to continue current and planned research projects at university level and to maintain the international competitiveness of the BIC. Outside of the BIC, the neuroscientists of the GU have no local access to research-dedicated MR scanners for human imaging. The new state-of-the-art 3T MRI device is intended to meet the increasing technical demands for innovative human brain research and to fulfill the complex technological requirements in neuroscience. The new research MR scanner will be installed directly in the new research building early in 2024.