Magdeburg

Europe's first 7 Tesla MRI scanner for human studies was installed in 2004 by the Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology in a building constructed just for the 7T MRI and operated by the Leibniz Institute until 2021. In 2022, the 7T MRI was transferred to the OVGU. The second 7T MRT, project name ‘Connectome’, was completed in March 2023: MAGNETOM Terra.X Impulse Edition. Research focus: neuroscience

Research areas

• Functional magnetic resonance imaging: visual, auditory, restingstate, task-based, real-time
• Imaging of deeper brain regions
• Method development: sequences, RF shimming, dynamic shimming
• Motion Correction
• Distortion Correction
• Flow Sensitive 4D MRI (aneurysm) DTI fiber tracking
• Patient measurement: epilepsy, ALS controls

Facilities

7T Plus 8-Channel Parallel Transmit System
70 mT/m, 200 T/m/s gradient coil
RF Coils:

1Tx / 8Rx head coil (Rapid)
1Tx / 24Rx head coil (Nova)
1Tx / 32Rx head coil (Nova)
1Tx / 28Rx knee coil (Siemens)
8Tx / 32Rx head coil (Nova)

FMRI: video projector, 4 key response system (LUMItouch), synchronized trigger,
Physiological monitoring: ECG, oxygen saturation, respiratory

7T Terra.X Impulse Edition, max. amplitude 200 mT/m, max. slew rate 900 T/m/s

8TX64RX head coil pTx (MR CoilTech Limited)

Contact

Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg
Institute of Experimental Physics
Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance
Leipziger Str. 44
39120 Magdeburg

Prof. Oliver Speck
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Phone: +49 391 6756 113
http://www.bmmr.ovgu.de
https://www.mri.ovgu.de/