Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technology at Stanford

建议更新NCRR先进磁共振技术中心。磁共振仪器制造商根据市场营销和其他因素在其产品中引入新技术，这些因素往往阻碍了研究人员及时获得尖端研究能力。为了填补这一空白，中心将在磁共振成像和波谱（MRI/MRS）的五个核心研究领域开发和提供创新技术：(1)图像重建、快速成像和射频脉冲设计方法，(2)磁共振硬件，(3)身体成像方法，(4)神经成像方法，(5)磁共振波谱方法。在这些领域中，我们将利用斯坦福大学放射学和电气工程系的丰富经验，改进和扩展成像技术，用于基础研究和临床护理，并为MRI生物医学研究提供前沿机会。

Renewal of the NCRR Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technology is proposed. Magnetic resonance instrument manufacturers Introduce new technology in their products based on marketing and other factors that often preclude the timely availability of cutting edge research capabilities for investigators. To fill this gap, the Center will develop and make available innovative technologies in five core research areas of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS): (1) image reconstruction, fast imaging and RF pulse design methods, (2) MR hardware, (3) body imaging methods, (4) neuroimaging methods, and (5) MR spectroscopy methods. In each of these areas, we will capitalize on the extensive experience in Stanford's Radiology and Electrical Engineering departments to improve and expand imaging technology for use in basic research and clinical care, and to provide cutting edge opportunities for biomedical research with MRI. Over the past five years, the Center has been motivated by and has served a wide base of extramurally sponsored collaborators and service users from leading medical and research institutions. We will continue to nurture these collaborations and mutually enrich our research and development efforts. Examples of collaborative projects today are the development and use of advanced functional MRI imaging methods in neurosciences and clinical applications and studies of breast cancer with efficient MRS methods. We will continue to train students and postdoctoral fellows to be the future leaders in MR, to publish extensively, and to provide educational opportunities to the scientific and medical communities we serve. New technology and technological capabilities developed at the Center and as part of our extensive collateral research will be disseminated rapidly for widespread use in the national research community. Publications, conference presentations, annual reports and the internet will continue to form the backbone of our dissemination efforts.