CTSC:MGHresources:Integrated MR-PET imaging system

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The bay 8 laboratory contains the first human MR-PET system installed in the US. It is an insert PET camera (Siemens Healthcare) employing APD photodiode detectors and is capable of simultaneous recording of the MR and PET image in the brain.

This is a 3T Siemens TIM Trio 60 cm (RF coil ID) 32 channel MRI. It is installed in the Charlestown facility in Building 75, across the street from the other bays. Building 75 also contains an RF laboratory, wet-lab and office space for the Martinos Center. The bay 8 3T is set up for EPI, second order shimming, CINE, MR angiography, diffusion, perfusion, and spectroscopy capabilities for both neuro and body applications. This system uses the same gradients as the 1.5 T Avanto (45 mT/m strength, 200T/m/s slew rate). The system is equipped with the standard “TIM” 32 RF channel receivers accommodating up to 32 element array coils. Bay 8 also contains an assortment of audio, visual, and sensory stimuli equipment for fMRI studies including rear projection, audio stimulation, a subject response device and eye-tracking setup.