Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Divisions of Bioimaging and MRI Technology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy

Hardware

The institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University and ETH Zurich has currently three MR scanner, sited in the MR Center of the University hospital Zurich and one located at the ETF building of the ETH. The main part of the time is used for research (our group, different Institutes from the University Hospital, and Institutes from the University and ETH) partly also for regular clinical MRI (1.5T and 3T USZ).

The following four system are installed:

Philips Achieva 1.5T Dual Quasar Gradients (slewrate 180 mT/m/ms, maximal gradient strength 33 mT/m), 32 RF channels, fMRI-presentation hardware
Philips Ingenia 3T Analog to digital signal conversion on the coil, 70cm bore, multi-transmit, Omega HP Gradients (slewrate 200 mT/m/ms, maximal gradient strength 45 mT/m), unlimited RF channels, fMRI-presentation hardware, goggles, eye-tracker,...
Philips Achieva 3T (ETF-building) Dual Quasar Gradients (slewrate 200 mT/m/ms, maximal gradient strength 80 mT/m), 32 RF channels, possibility for proton, 13C, and phosphor spectroscopy fMRI-presentation hardware,...
Philips Achieva 7T Whole body system, dual Quasar Gradients (slewrate 200 mT/m/ms, maximal gradient strength 40 mT/m), 32 RF channels, 32 channel Head coil, fMRI-presentation hardware, goggles. Multitransmit system with 8 transmit chanels..

Contact Person:

Dr. Roger Luechinger