Technical Equipment
From UMCN Radiology Research
The Radboud University Nijmegen (RUN) has the most extensive NMR and MR research equipment in the Netherlands, located in the academic hospital, the science faculty and associated institutes. For biomedical applications the following NMR and MR systems are available for imaging and spectroscopy.
High resolution NMR
| Small and wide bore NMR machines up to 20 T (and higher) are available at the science faculty of the RU Nijmegen. One system at 11.7T is equipped with an HRMAS probe and an automatic sample changer is also available. |
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Preclinical animal MR
| The department’s animal MR-facility is housed in the Central animal laboratory of the RUN-MC. A horizontal bore 7T MR system (Clinscan) and a horizontal bore 11.7T MR system (Biospec)are available. The systems are optimized for studies of small animals (e.g. mice and rats). A broad range of dedicated RF probes and animal monitoring devices are available. An earth field system is also available. This MR facility also contains an RF lab for in-house hardware development.The MR equipment is installed in an animal imaging centre together with a PET/CT and optical imaging devices. |
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Clinical MR
| For clinical MR research two human 3T whole body MR systems are available (one at the Radiology department and one at the FCDonders institute) and three 1.5 T whole body MR systems. Recently a human 7T whole body MR has become operational within the Erwin Hahn institute (collaboration of the Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Essen). A broad range of RF probes for various nuclei is available |
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If you want to make use of any of these facilities please contact
Prof. A. Heerschap: a.heerschap@rad.umcn.nl
Dr. T. Scheenen: t.scheenen@rad.umcn.nl
Ing M. van Uden: m.vanuden@rad.umcn.nl
Ing A. Veltien (Animal facility): a.veltien@rad.umcn.nl