Briefly explained
The Norwegian 7T MR Center provides access to advanced instruments, methodology and expertise in neuroscience research. The center is also used for clinical applications.
Norwegian 7tmr Center - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Center Organization and Funding
Organization
Organization
The Norwegian 7T MR Center is under the national infrastructure NORBRAIN. The Center is also part of the HUMANI GEMINI center.
The centre is a core facility at NTNU, organized under the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Faculty of Natural Science is also involved in running the centre, together with St. Olavs hospital and Helse Midt-Norge RHF.
The 7T MR Center is located at St. Olavs hospital HF.
Funding
Funding
The main funding for the MR system itself has been provided by The Resarch Council of Norway under the INFRASTRUCTURE programme.
7T MR is phase 2 of the NORBRAIN consortium for national neuroscience infrastructure.
The 7T MR was upgraded to Terra.X under phase 4 of NORBRAIN.
NTNU partly funded the MR system purchase, and have funded the building project together with St. Olavs Hospital HF.
Helse Midt-Norge RHF will provide funding for both research and clinical use, while NTNU will focus on research activity.
Equipment
The installed MR-system, a Siemens MAGNETOM Terra.X System, is equipped with:
- 8 Channel RF-transmit chain
- 80/200 Gradient System.
- 32RX/8TX head coil
- 28RX/1TX knee coil
- Spine-coil
- 31P head coil
- MR elastography equipement
- 13C and 31P loop coils
- Multinuclear option
- fMRI equipment
Please contact us for more detailed information.
For users of the equipment
Our user information page provides details on:
- Where to start: with a project ready to go, or when planning a funding application
- Safety procedures for safe operation
- User access to the 7T MR premises
- Opening hours for the 7T MR premises and the MR system
- Pricing for equipment and services
- Booking (Booktilab)
- User meetings
User prices are calculated according to the RIR model (rental location) from The Research Council of Norway.