MRI Physics Lab @ The University of Georgia
 
 

 

 

Facilities and Equipment Available to the MRI Physics Lab

 

The Paul C. Coverdale Center
The MRI Physics Lab is located in the Paul C. Coverdale Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences on the picturesque campus of the University of Georgia. The University of Georgia is located about 50 miles to the east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia.

 

MRI
GE Signa HDx 3.0T 16-Channel MR system (General Electric, Milwaukee, WI.): located at the BioImaging Research Center, Coverdell Center, at the University of Georgia Athens campus. The magnet has a TwinSpeed dual-gradient design, 16-channel architecture with a four-blade Volume Reconstruction Engine (VRE). Its Zoom gradient modes provides amplitudes up to 50 mT/m and a slew rate of 150 mT/m/ms. This 3T MR scanner has been used to provide high resolution structural MR imaging and high quality functional imaging.

In addition to the previously mentioned 3.0T MR system, a new 7.0T Varian small bore MR system will be operational in early 2010. The 7.0T system will be dedicated to small animal research.

 

 

 

Computing
There are six Linux workstations and six Windows workstations. A total storage capacity of two terabytes is available to researchers in the BIRC. We also have four Windows workstations and a Linux server equipped with two dual core Intel Xenon processors in our Electronics Lab.

Our group has access to a dedicated MATLAB server operated by BIRC and we have our own MATLAB server available to researchers within the MRI Physics Lab.

 

 
 

 

Other
In the Electronics Lab, we have various equipment for RF coil prototype design and testing. The lab is equipped with E5061A network analyzer (Agilent Technology), TDS3032B digital oscilloscope (Tektronix), and other equipment including RF signal generators, power supplys, etc