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Our Facility

MRI facility on the Faculty website

Bruker Pharmascan 70/16

A 7.0 Tesla small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner was installed at the Vivarium, University of Bergen, in December 2004 and was upgraded with new hardware in December 2012.

This MR scanner can be used for non-invasive diagnostic studies on small laboratory animals (rats, mice, small fish). Pathological and physiological processes can now be followed in a precise manner in the animal body by utilizing a set of MR imaging techniques combining visualisation of anatomy, diffusion, perfusion, and MR spectroscopy.

The MR machine is specifically suitable for performing longitudinal studies of disease development and treatment efficacy.

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-== Our Facility ==
+=== Our Facility===
+MRI facility on the Faculty [http://www.uib.no/mofa/nyheter/2013/10/oppdrag-sjaa-det-skjulte website]
 <big>'''Bruker Pharmascan 70/16'''</big>
-A 7.0 Tesla small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner was installed at the Vivarium, University of Bergen, in December 2004.<br>
+A 7.0 Tesla small animal magnetic resonance (MR) scanner was installed at the Vivarium, University of Bergen, in December 2004 and was upgraded with new hardware in December 2012. <br>
-This MR scanner can be used for non-invasive diagnostic studies on small laboratory animals (rats, mice, small fish).<br>
-Pathological as well as physiological processes can now be followed in a precise manner in the animal body, by utilizing a set of MR imaging techniques combining visualisation, diffusion, perfusion and spectroscopy sequences.<br>
-The MR machine is specifically suitable for performing longitudinal studies of disease development and possible effects of treatment strategies.
+This MR scanner can be used for non-invasive diagnostic studies on small laboratory animals (rats, mice, small fish).
-<br><br>
+Pathological and physiological processes can now be followed in a precise manner in the animal body by utilizing a set of MR imaging techniques combining visualisation of anatomy, diffusion, perfusion, and MR spectroscopy.<br>
-[[File:7TMagnet.jpg|frameless|600px]]
+The MR machine is specifically suitable for performing longitudinal studies of disease development and treatment efficacy.
-== Lab Equipment ==
+[[File:7TMagnet_A.jpg|frameless||540px]] [[File:7TMagnet_B.jpg|frameless||585px]]
-'''MRI system'''
-* 7T horizontal scanner, Pharmascan, ''Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH''
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-*
-'''RF Resonators'''
+=== [[Announcements and Events]] ===
-* Mouse head linear volume resonator
-** ''Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH'', item: Bio PRK 300, RES 089/023, Model No: 1 P T8119, Max peak power: 400 W, Max average power: 10 W
-* Rat head/Mouse body linear volume resonator
-** ''Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH'', item: Bio PRK 300 EPI, RES 089/038, Model No: 1 P T8121, Max peak power: 400 W, Max average power: 40 W
-* Rat body linear volume resonator
-** ''Bruker Biospin MRI HmpH'', item: Bio PRK 300, 1H 089/060, Model No: 1 P T8123, Peak power 1H: 400 W, 5 ms, Mean power 1H: 3 W
-'''Animal Monitoring Equipment'''
+=== [[Lab Equipment]] ===
-* MRI compatible temperature probe
+Technical details about the MRI scanner, operating software, animal monitoring equipment etc.
-* Pressure sensor for respiration monitoring and triggering
-* ECG electrodes for cardiac triggering
-* Animal heating blankets with recirculating warm water
-[[File:RatPreparedForScanning.jpg|frameless||600px|]]
+=== [[People]] ===
-<br>
-== People ==
+=== [[Getting Started]] ===
-* [http://www.uib.no/personer/Frits.Thorsen Frits Thorsen], Associate Professor
+Check out this page if you are planning on doing MRI experiments.
-** Frits is MIC platform leader and responsible for funding and policy issues
+Remember that you need to receive training before you can do experiments on your own, so please plan ahead.
-** Frits received his PhD at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Bergen, in 1998. He also did his postdoctoral work at the same institute. In the periods 1989-1995 and 2002-2004 he was working as a medical physicist at the Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital. Since 2004 he has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedicine. In addition, he is Scientific Project Manager in an FP6-funded research project; Angiotargeting, co-ordinated by the University of Bergen.
-* [http://www.uib.no/personer/Tina.Pavlin Tina Pavlin], Chief Engineer
+=== [[How To]] ===
-** Tina is responsible for general management of the MR facility and MR applications
+This page has a lot of information on the operation of the 7T scanner, scanning protocols and pulse sequences, data transfer and analysis, animal physiology and anaesthesia, training, safety, how to register as a user, etc.
-** Tina received her PhD in atomic physics from California Institute of Technologi in 2003. From 2003-2005 she worked at Harvard University researching and developing novel magnetic resonance (MR) applications of laser polarized gases. She worked as a post-doc between 2005-2008 at the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging and the MR center of NTNU. During this time she gained competence in MRI of small animals aimed at various biomedical applications. At MIC she is responsible for the daily running of the small animal MRI system at Vivarium, training, supporting and advising users, running courses as well as participating in scientific projects.
-* [http://www.uib.no/personer/Kai.Brandt Kai Gunter Brandt], Staff Engineer
+=== [https://secure5.ideaelan.com/Bergen/Public/AppLogin.aspx Booking the MRI] ===
-** Kai is responsible for technical issues concerning both MR software and hardware
+Takes you directly to MIC's booking website.
-== Research ==
+=== [[Policies and Regulations]] ===
-Here you will find a description of some of the [[MRI research]] performed at our facility.
-== Publications ==
+=== [[Safety and Operator Training]] ===
+Contains links to lecture material from an in-depth course in small animal MRI.
-== Talks ==
+=== [[Forms]] ===
-Here you can find [[talks]] from our users and facility management.
-== MRI Lunch Club ==
+=== [[Gallery]] ===
-For schedule and topics see [[MRI lunch club]].
+''Under construction.''
-== Education ==
+=== [[Research]] ===
-Here you find [[educational]] material on MRI.
+Information about some of the research groups who have used the MR scanner in the past.
-== Health, Safety and Regulations ==
+=== [[Talks]] ===
-All MRI users should read and sign the following document: [https://wikihost.uib.no/mriwiki/images/7/7c/Guidelines_for_use_of_MRI_at_MIC.pdf Guidelines for use of MRI at MIC]
-[http://www.uib.no/poa/hms-portalen UiB HMS Portalen]
+=== [[MRI Lunch Club]] ===
-== Useful Links ==
+=== [[Useful Links and Resources]] ===
-* [http://www.uib.no/med/mic/index.html MIC old webpage]
-* [http://www.uib.no/rg/mic MIC new webpage] (under construction)
-* [http://services.cbu.uib.no/service/mic/calender?instrumentid=13 Booking the MR]
-* [http://www.uib.no/med/mic/prices/prices.html Prices for equipment use]
-* [http://www.uib.no/dyreavdelingen/en Vivarium-Dyreavdelingen ved UiB]
-== Grants ==
+=== [[Grants]] ===
-See [[Grants]]
-== Contact us ==
+=== [[Contact us]] ===
-Our [[contact]] information