University of Nottingham - Core Equipment Award

我们要求核心设备通过支持专业研讨会的增强功能来扩展我们在生物医学成像方面的能力，这些增强功能将用于MRI（磁共振成像）的RF工程和使用光泵磁力计（OPMs）开发脑磁图（MEG）。这些增强功能将特别支持使用在超高场（11.7T）下运行的新型MRI扫描仪进行人体成像，我们正在将其建立为英国的国家设施。所需设备是矢量网络分析仪、高频示波器、介电探针组、光纤测温系统和3D打印机。我们还要求提供核心设备，以加速代谢和功能成像方面的新工作，最终特别是利用超高场扫描仪提高的灵敏度和光谱分辨率。这是一个RF线圈，用于在7T下研究头部中的氘，一个视觉和听觉呈现系统以及一个局部磁场（B0）匀场系统。核心设备将立即使不同的研究人员受益，并促进科学发展，支持英国国家设施未来广泛用于超高场人体MRI扫描。

We request core equipment to expand our capability in biomedical imaging through underpinning specialist workshop enhancements to be used in RF engineering for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and for the development of magnetoencephalography (MEG) using optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs). These enhancements will particularly support human imaging using a new MRI scanner operating at ultra-high field (11.7T), which we are establishing as a National Facility for the UK. The equipment requested is a vector network analyser, high frequency oscilloscope, dielectric probe set, optical-fibre thermometry system and 3D printer. We also request core equipment that will accelerate new work on metabolic and functional imaging that will ultimately particularly exploit the ultra-high field scanner's increased sensitivity and spectral resolution. This is an RF coil to enable the study of deuterium in the head at 7T, a visual and auditory presentation system and a system for local magnetic field (B0) shimming. The core equipment will immediately benefit a diverse group of researchers and enable scientific developments which support wide-ranging future use of the UK National facility for ultra-high field human MRI scanning.