MRI scanner
An Agilent 7/310 (7.0Tesla, 310mm bore) (Walnut Creek, CA) NMR/MRI scanner is housed adjacent to the FMRI laboratory. This system is actively shielded, cryo-cooled and offers a 4-channel, phased array for reception and an additional modular transmitter channel for up to a four transmit channels.
Gradients
Three gradient inserts are available with the following specifications :
| Inner Diameter (mm) | Strength mT/m |
| 115 | 60 |
| 205 | 120 |
| 305 | 210 |
RF probes
A wide array RF coils are available to the users for both Proton and Phosphorus imaging. These include three bird cage design quadrature coils, a millipede coil, three mult-band surface coils. Two SwiftLite animal holders are available for mice and rat imaging.
| Coil Name | ID (mm) | OD (mm) | Description |
| Morris 80 | 80 | 205 | 300 MHz, Quadrature |
| Morris 60 (x2) | 60 | 300 MHz, Quadrature | |
| Morris 40 (x2) | 40 | 300 MHz, Quadrature | |
| Quad 140 | 140 | 184 | 300 MHz, Quadrature |
| Rat coil 70 | 70 | 205 | 300 MHz, Quadrature |
| Millipede | 40 | 115 | 300 MHz, Quadrature. “millipede” design |
| Proton Surface | 20 | 20 | Tunable, broadband: 175 MHz – 343 MHz |
| Sodium Surface | 20 | 20 | Tunable, broadband: 28 MHz – 65 MHz |
| Low band | 20 | 20 | Tunable, broadband: 54 MHz – 131 MHz |
| Rapid Rat head array | 300MHz, 4-channel surface array | ||
Physiological Monitoring
MRI compatible Animal physiological monitoring (plethysmography, temperature) from SA instruments is available to users.
Surgery and Anesthesia
The control room to the scanner is also outfitted with a surgical table, sink, isoflurane vaporizer, mechanical ventilator, physiological monitoring, animal holders, an animal heater.
Computing
Two high-performance Linux servers are available for reconstruction and archival. Two Linux workstations are available for data processing. Software packages include gcc, g++, MATLAB.