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Bruker and Champalimaud Foundation Announce Collaboration to Develop Novel Ultra-High Field 18 Tesla Preclinical MRI System and Applications
MONTREAL, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Bruker today announced
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[{"type":"text","content":" MONTREAL, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Bruker today announced an agreement to develop the world's first 18 Tesla 11 cm bore, preclinical ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and its clinical research applications in collaboration with the Champalimaud Foundation. This novel and unique system is expected to enable Champalimaud researchers to advance translational cancer and neuroscience research with UHF MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.\nThe 18T MRI is expected to be installed in late 2021 in the Neuroplasticity and Neural Activity laboratory under Dr. Noam Shemesh, with the goal to develop novel contrast mechanisms in MRI and spectroscopic imaging. The Champalimaud Foundation focuses its research on neuroscience and oncology, and the 18T system will advance the Foundation's in vivo research into cancer, metastasis and pre-metastatic niches (PMNs) in multiple cancer models. It will also advance research into brain plasticity and activity in normal and neurodegenerative disease models. \nThe ultimate goal of the Champalimaud Foundation is to improve clinical outcomes. The preclinical 18T MRI will facilitate the discovery of new spatially-resolved contrast mechanisms for elucidating biological function, and it will enhance temporal resolution to access additional information on brain dynamics.\nDr. Noam Shemesh, Principal Investigator at the Champalimaud Foundation, stated: \"We are very excited to explore the full potential of the 18T MRI system, and to advance our understanding of biological mechanisms underlying healthy and diseased conditions. We intend to harness the 18T ultra-high field and enhanced sensitivity to facilitate investigations into microstructure and metabolism dynamics in the brain, as well as in cancer, highlighting MRI as a tool for answering fundamental questions in biology, and not 'just' as a powerful diagnostic tool. We have a well-established, long-lasting collaboration with Bruker, and we are fully confident in the new science that will emerge from this project.\"\nDr. Wulf-Ingo Jung, President of Bruker's Preclinical Imaging division, added: \"We are extremely pleased to partner with the Champalimaud Foundation to collaborate on unique, enabling research tools to adv...