Resolution- and Contrast-enhanced Benchtop Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Tissue Characterization and Assessment

我们研究团队的一个主要目标是使用多种成像方式来发现新的和独特的生理生物标志物，以了解和量化组织表型，并了解这种表型与疾病的关系。特别是，与计算机断层扫描（CT）和超声等模式相比，基于磁共振成像（MRI）的成像模式提供了上级组织分化;该研究小组最近成功发明了新的MRI模式，用于更全面的组织表征和评估。然而，在这一领域加速研究的一个重大障碍是滑铁卢大学（UW）缺乏MRI设备，无法快速收集小组织样本的数据，也无法简单快速地研究新的MRI模式和脉冲序列。

A major goal of our research team is the use of multiple imaging modalities to uncover new and unique physiological biomarkers for understanding and quantifying tissue phenotype, and to understand the relationship of such phenotype to disease. In particular, imaging modalities based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide superior tissue differentiation compared to modalities like computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound; this research team has had recent success in inventing new MRI modalities for more comprehensive tissue characterization and assessment. However, a significant barrier to accelerated research in this area is the lack of MRI facilities at the University of Waterloo (UW) for fast data collection of small tissue samples or for easy and rapid investigation of new MRI modalities and pulse sequences.