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Dr. Brown, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology, Director, Magnetic Resonance Research,
and The Percy K. & Vita L. W. Hudson Professor of
Biomedical Engineering presides over this world-class magnetic resonance
research center. Dr. Brown joined Columbia from Fox Chase Cancer Center
in Philadelphia, where he headed Fox Chase’s Magnetic Resonance Research
making groundbreaking contributions to the state-of-the-art of Magnetic
Resonance Imaging, Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging and was a
leader in the direction and development of the Society of Magnetic
Resonance in Medicine.
Many research applications of Magnetic Resonance for the Departments of
Neurology, Psychology, Medicine, as well as for affiliated institutions
are being explored, developed and performed in the Hatch Research Center.
With demand for Human and Animal Research incorporating MR Imaging and MR
Spectroscopy ever increasing, an Imaging Research User Committee has been
formed and accepts concise 2 page requests for Research Applications of MR.
Requests should include; PI, study protocol overview, funding availability,
number of subjects (volunteers/patients) or animals (mice, rats, dogs,
primates or other animals), and term of the study. Applicants could include:
clinicians, scientists, chemists, computer scientists, and other interested
researchers with projects and financial support that require Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, MR Micro-Imaging, Proton or Phosphorus Spectroscopy. The center is
also interested in collaboration by supporting limited feasibility development
of imaging protocols, display processing protocols, and MR imaging R & D with
those researchers who need specialized MR development for incorporation into
grant submissions for funding.Please send request to the Research Director,
Dr. Truman Brown with copies to
Radiology Research Administration,
Richard Sano.
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Located in the lower level of the Neurological Institute, Hatch MR Center
Laboratory contains a 1.5 T MR research scanner and associated console,
electronics and waiting areas. The research scanner is a Philips
Intera and is fully equipped, with the cardiac imaging package, respiratory
gating, all neuro sequences, 4 phased array coil detectors, a wide range of
single and multiple coils and research keys so that new sequence development
is possible. A Philips workstation is located near the console which runs
the Philips sequence development software. This instrument is connected to
the local internet by 100Mbps link making data transfer for offline analysis
and transfer to the rest of the Columbia network efficient.
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