The Bruker Biospec 9.4 Tesla system features two transmitter and eight receiver channels, dual gradient sets with maximum strengths of 230 mT/m and 660 mT/m, and a full suite of RF coils supporting rodent neuro- and cardiac imaging.
The 9.4-T/31-cm actively-shielded magnet was recently upgraded with a Bruker Biospec AVIII HD console and new imaging accessories. The system has two transmitter channels and 8 receiver channels driven by a Linux workstation running ParaVision 6.0.1 software. This system is equipped with one 2 kW broadband amplifier and one 1 kW broadband amplifier and 300A/500V IECO gradient amplifiers. Two magnetic field Gradient sets are available, including a 21-cm diameter gradient set capable of a maximum gradient strength of 230 mT/m with a 375 msec rise time and a 12-cm BGA-12S2 HD gradient set with a maximum gradient strength of 660 mT/m and a 120 usec rise time. There are a variety of Bruker animal handling accessories (beds, stereotaxic holders, etc) for in vivo imaging of rodents as well as an assortment of RF resonators, including 23 mm, 40 mm 72 mm, 86 mm coils and receiver phased array coils for rodent neuro- and cardiac imaging applications. Dual-tuned coils are available for x-nuclei, including 19F, 31P and 13C. The ParaVision 6.0.1 software has a full complement of add-on software licenses for in vivo imaging and spectroscopy applications including fMRI, cardiac IntraGate, ultra-short TE (UTE), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), relaxometry, in vivo spectroscopy etc. There is also a full complement of MR compatible anesthesia, physiology and monitoring equipment necessary for carrying out state-of-the-art in vivo studies