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For information about MRI and MRS services and magnets available, for help with designing experiments, or to schedule magnet time, please contact Dr. Qing Yang at extension 5858, or by email to: qyang@psu.edu.

The MRI Imaging Core provides both Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) services, for in vivo spectroscopy and imaging in animals and humans. These are particularly attractive techniques because they allow the viewing or measurement of closed internal structures or metabolism of living animals or cells in a completely noninvasive and nondestructive manner.  Magnetic Resonance offers a wide variety of fundamental measurements of anatomy and physiology.  These include detailed anatomical imaging in soft tissues, quantitative measurements of blood flow or perfusion, fiber tracking of the nerve bundles in the brain, measurement of metabolism and kinetics in internal organs in situ, volume and staging of tumors, and functional MRI (fMRI) which can view the effects of specific stimuli on specific brain neurons or regions, allowing one a means to see the brain think.

The MRI Imaging Core is one part of the larger Center for NMR Research at the Penn State College of Medicine. Additional information about the many activities of the Center for NMR Research can be found at www.hmc.psu.edu/nmrlab.

Services offered:

Animal MRI - T1, T2, Diffusion, fMRI

Human MRI - T1, T2, Diffusion, fMRI

Coil Design and Construction

Major Equipment:

Bruker AM-400 WB NMR spectrometer with micro imaging accessory upgrade with a Tecmag Apollo console.

Oxford 1.9 Tesla, 26 cm bore magnet with Tecmag Apollo console.

Bruker S-300, 90 cm bore, 3.0 Tesla whole body MRI spectrometer/imager with Avance electronics and Paravision software.

Bruker BioSpec 7T Animal System (Spring, 2005)

Director of the MRI/MRS Facility:

Dr. Qing Yang (qyang@psu.edu), extension 5858)