IRC Equipment
Philips Ingenia™ 3.0T MRI scanner
The Philips Ingenia TM 3.0T system features an actively shielded, superconducting magnet with a 70 cm patient bore and a large 55 cm FOV capability. The gradient system has two operational modes that permit a maximum gradient strength of 40mT/m with a slew rate of 200 T/m/s, or maximum gradient strength of 80 mT/m with a slew rate of 100 T/m/s. The RF system is outfitted with Philips’ RF coil technology that embeds receiver modules inside the bore of the magnet. The system has a full suite of imaging coils, and interfaces for home-made coils. In 2017 it became the first Ingenia TM system in the world to have multi-nuclear capability. Like the Achieva TM 3T scanner, the system has a duel-transmit body coil that overcomes dielectric shading artifacts. The system also has ancillary equipment to support fMRI studies including a full audiovisual paradigm system by Avotec TM, a Nordic NeuroLab TM MR-compatible 4k display, and MR-compatible EEG hardware. It also has an in-bore eye tracking system that can be used to monitor and record the subject’s gaze. The Ingenia TM 3.0T was installed in the new Clinical Sciences Pavilion (Location T) at Cincinnati Children’s in May 2015. The placement of the scanner in the translational research tower is part of an initiative within the institution to provide a seamless experience for participants in translational research studies. The imaging suite in Location T includes a waiting room, two interview rooms, two changing rooms and a prep-recovery room for participants requiring sedation and / or anesthesia.
