The Norwegian 7T MR Center is located in Trondheim, NORWAY.

As an established Center under the national infrastructure NORBRAIN, it provides access to advanced instruments, methodology and expertise in neuroscience research. 

Located at the campus of St.Olavs Hospital HF it will also be used for clinical applications. 

Funding

The main funding for the MR system itself has been provided by The Norwegian Research Council under the INFRASTRUCTURE program.

7T MR is phase 2 of the NORBRAIN consortium for national neuroscience infrastructure.

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.

Organization

The center is organized under the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Faculty of Natural Science is also involved in running the center, together with St.Olavs Hospital and Helse Midt-Norge RHF.

The 7T MR Center is a core facility at NTNU, and user prices are calculated according to the RIR model (rental location) from NFR.