Projekt 7 Tesla Connectome MRI
7 Tesla MRI Connectome Magdeburg - Magdeburg becomes Europe's strongest location for image-based brain research
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is to receive Europe's most powerful 7-tesla magnetic resonance tomograph (MRT). In the future, the so-called 7-tesla connectome will be able to image and measure brain functions and structures with a precision previously unattained at the site, in order to detect pathological changes at an early stage. This makes Magdeburg's university campus the second location in the world to have an MRI of this strength; another device is located at the University of California, Berkeley, in the USA. Europe's first 7 Tesla MRI was installed in Magdeburg back in 2004, and it continues to operate, having recently been upgraded to the latest ultra-high field technology. Thus, two 7T Tesla MRIs are located directly next to each other at one site.
With the 7 Tesla Connectome, Magdeburg is once again taking a leading role in imaging research throughout Europe.
The project was funded by the European Regional Development Fund EFRE.
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7Tesla-MRT Connectome, year of construction 2022 Magnet: actively shielded Length: 2,70 m Weight: 17 000 kg, incl. Helium Field variation (temporal) < 0.05 ppm/h Gradient-System: 40 cm tunnel diameter max. amplitude per Axis 200 mT/m max. rise frequency per Axis 900 mT/m RF System: 64 Receiving channels 16 transmit channels RF Headcoil: 64 Receiving channels 8 transmit channels
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