Preclinical MRI

BioSpec 70/30 and 94/30

Studies with intricate set-ups or on animals up to the size of rabbits can be conducted with the extremely physically stable, 30 cm bore size BioSpec 70/30 and BioSpec 94/30.

Wide bore

Strong magnet

Highlights

30 cm
30 cm of space for largest gradients, PET insert, peripherals, and animals up to the size of rabbits
Ultra Shield Refrigerated
Helium zero-boil-off and Nitrogen free USR magnet technology for longer service intervals
Stability
Pulse tube cryo-cooler technology for the greatest physical stability essential for optimal artifact-free performance and the cleanest images
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  • Zero helium boil-off technology, nitrogen-free, Ultra Shielded and Refrigerated (USR) magnet technology for reduced maintenance costs and longer service intervals
  • Accurate animal positioning with the motorized animal handling system for increased throughput
  • Full second order and z3 high power shim channels guarantee optimal performance for spectroscopy and MRI
  • Scalable AVANCE NEO electronics enabling both MRI and MRS applications and incorporating up to 16 receiver channels
  • Real-time spectrometer control for optimization of acquisition parameters during scan
  • High performance BGA-S-HP gradients with highest amplitudes and slew rates, shim strengths and duty cycles
  • Fast and easily mountable gradient/shim inserts for optimum gradient/shim performance for small samples available
  • Cold shipping for most cost and time effective installation    
  • Complete RF coil portfolio for mice and rats available, including coils for head, brain, cardiac, body, optogenetics, Arterial Spin Labeling, multi-channel array coils with up to 16 channels, and x-nuclei 
  • MRI CryoProbes with 2 element, 4 element, or as 13C for mice as well as 4 element for rat delivering an exceptional increase in sensitivity  
  • In-house development and production of all key components (software, magnet, gradient, spectrometer, RF-coils) ensures the best performance and short repair times 

Magnet

Field strength: 7 Tesla (BioSpec 70/30), 9.4 T (BioSpec 94/30)
Bore diameter: 30 cm
Homogeneity (180 mm DSV): ± 10 ppm 
Magnet technology     Zero helium boil-off technology, nitrogen-free, Ultra Shielded and Refrigerated (USR) superconducting magnet  for long hold-times, long maintenance intervals

Gradients

Gradient inner diameter:
200 mm
Gradient strength:
200 mT/m (300 mT/m with high power option)
Gradient insert with 1000 mT/m is available  
Slew rate: 640 T/m/s (1040 T/m/s with high power option) 
Actively shielded gradient system  
Integrated shim coils for optimal field homogeneity  

ParaVision

ParaVision® 360:  

  • Intuitive software package, for multi-dimensional MRI/MRS data acquisition, visualization, reconstruction, and analysis of MRI and/or PET/MR data
  • Over 100 validated and ready to use in vivo protocols and scan programs for mice and rats
  • MRI sequence portfolio of more than 1,000 sequence variations, including wireless cardiac imaging using navigator based IntraGate methods with cartesian or radial readout, as well as short echo time imaging, such as UTE and ZTE
  • In-house development and production of all key components (software, magnet, gradient, spectrometer, RF-coils) ensures the best performance and short repair times

PET Insert or Inline

Upgradable with state-of-the-art PET module as inline or insert with full field of view and accuracy offers real, homogeneous sub-millimetric volumetric PET resolution and quantification in all three axes, in the entire field of view. This is possible due continuous crystal detectors with SiPM technology and true depth of interaction 3D precision equivalent to 10+ layer pixelated crystal detectors.

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LabScape

Service & Life Cycle Support for Magnetic Resonance and Preclinical Imaging

Bruker’s commitment to provide customers with unparalleled help throughout the buying cycle, from initial inquiry to evaluation, installation, and the lifetime of the instrument is now characterized by the LabScape service concept.

LabScape Maintenance Agreements, On-Site On-Demand and Enhance Your Lab are designed to offer a new approach to maintenance and service for the modern laboratory