Current Projects
Current Projects
- The CMRR Engineering group supports all of CMRR's Magnets and MRI technology which ranges from 0.7T (30MHz), 3T, 7T to 10.5T (447MHz) for human systems and 9.4T (400MHz) and 16.4T (700 MHz) for animal/pre-clinical systems.
- The engineering team also maintains a complex helium recovery system capable to capture and reliquify helium from all our highest fields Magnets (9.4T, 10.5T and 16.4T). The group has the know how to perform all task related to advanced UHF Magnet systems - from ramping, all required regular Helium and Nitrogen related maintenance to Gradient mounting.
- The group's most recent research focuses on ultra-fast front-end technology, SNR optimization and arrays design and extension of RF front-end technology to 128 channels.
- The core research is the design of novel transmit array – receive array combinations for both human and animal imaging at 7 Tesla (300 MHz), 10.5 Tesla (450 MHz) and 16.4 Tesla (700 MHz).
- The group publishes extensively and most recent had publications related 128 channel and 80 channel combined transmitter receiver arrays. These coils represent current state of the art in UHF coil technology.
- Another very active area of research and development is the extension of the high density array technology to ex-vivo human and NHP and in-vivo awake NHP applications.
High Channel Combined Transmit/Receive Human Head Arrays
CMRR's 128 Channel 10.5T Array
Lagore, R.L., et al., A 128-channel receive array with enhanced signal-to-noise ratio performance for 10.5T brain imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2025. 93(6): p. 2680-2698
CMRR's 80 Channel 10.5T Array
Waks, M., et al., RF coil design strategies for improving SNR at the ultrahigh magnetic field of 10.5T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2025. 93(2): p. 873-888.