MRI Facilities: Biomedical Imaging
The laboratory has two state-of-the-art NMR machines: a Bruker Avance III 7 Tesla (300 MHz), 21cm horizontal bore MRI/MRS system and a Bruker Avance 9.4 Tesla (400 MHz), 89 mm vertical bore MRI/MRS system. Both MRI/MRS systems are capable of performing MRI as well as spectroscopy studies. The NMR laboratory has acquisition workstations, a storage server and several workstations for spectroscopy data and image processing.
![Bruker 7T MRI with researcher inserting sample into magnet](https://rcmi.howard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imaging-facilities-bruker7t-1024x771.jpg)
Bruker 7T MRI
- Bruker 7 Tesla (300MHz) MRI/MRS
- 210mm horizontal bore Magnex magnet, 112mm clear space
- RF Coils: Volume, surface, and custom-made coils
- AVANCE III Console, Paravision 6 (PV6) software
- Detectable nuclei: 1H
![Bruker 9.4T Magnet system lab space](https://rcmi.howard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imaging-facilities-bruker94t.jpg)
Bruker 9.4T MRI
- Bruker 9.4 Tesla (400MHz) MRI/MRS
- 89mm vetical bore Oxford magnet
- RF Coils: Volume, surface, and custom-made coils
- AVANCE 400 Console, Paravision 5.1 (PV5) software
- Detectable nuclei: 1H, 19F, 13C, 31P
Sample MRI Images
![MRI images of heart, kidneys, adomen, whale eye,](https://rcmi.howard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imaging-home-MRI-Sample-1024x674.jpg)
![](https://rcmi.howard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imaging-facilities-mri-tumor.jpg)
![Coronal MRI images of mouse brains and spinal cord](https://rcmi.howard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imaging-facilities-mri-brain.jpg)