High field and ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of humans and preclinical models of disease.
We have the only collection of high and ultra-high field MRI scanners in Canada. We are staffed by a dedicated group of physicists, engineers, animal technicians and MRI technologists addressing basic and clinical neuroscience, musculoskeletal health and medical device testing.
MRI scanning of patients, healthy controls, non-human primates, small to medium sized animals such as dogs, cats, rodents as well as birds; assessment of MRI compatibility of pacemakers, joint implants, prostheses.
- Agriculture, animal science and food
- Education
- Healthcare and social services
- Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
- Manufacturing and processing
- Professional and technical services (including legal services, architecture, engineering)
Specialized Labs and Equipment
Name of specialized lab |
Name of equipment |
Description of function |
CFMM 3T Suite |
Siemens 3T Prisma Fit |
Whole body 64 receive channel MRI system with full neurological, cardiac and musculoskeletal application suites. |
CFMM 7T Suite |
Siemens 7T Magnetom Step 2.3 |
Neuro-specialized 8-transmit channel, 32-receive channel MRI system for neuroimaging |
CFMM 9.4T Suite |
Agilent 9.4 T Direct Drive MRS/MRI Console |
31 cm bore 4-ransmit channel, 16-receive channel MRI system for imaging preclinical models of disease |
CFMM RF Lab |
Agilent network analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, noise figure meter, impedance meter, dielectric measurement device etc., CST microwave studio, Exxact GPU-based supercomputer |
Full service radio frequency engineering lab aimed primarily at MRI RF coil design and construction, but available for general EM work. Access to Compute Canada’s HPC resources |
Private and Public Sector Research Partners
- Boston Scientific CRM
- Profound Medical Inc. (PMI)
- Trudell Medical
- Siemens
- Agilent
- Merck-Frosst
- Merck-Sereno
- XLR Imaging
- Ceresensa
- Neuronitek
- Northern Digital Inc. (NDI)
- Neoptix
- ExtraOrtho
- MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA)
- McGill University
- The University of British Columbia
- The University of Alberta
- Queen’s University
- The University of Toronto
- Rotman Research Institute
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- McMaster University
- Oxford University
- RIKEN (Japan)
- MIT
Additional Information
Title |
URL |
Facility highlights (multiple) |
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fMRI on vegetative state patients |
http://london.ctvnews.ca/research-looks-to-communicate-with-coma-patients-1.1407827 |
fMRI on vegetative state patients |
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canadian-in-vegetative-state-communicates-to-scientists-1.1193575 |