{"id":3444,"date":"2014-06-11T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/small-animal-imaging\/sai-modalities\/9-4t-mri\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T23:16:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T03:16:18","slug":"camri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/camri\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Animal MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2020\/10\/Banner-Small-Animal-MRI-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Small Animal MRI Core Facility is funded and operated under the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC). Our facility provides a wide variety of small animal MRI services to investigators within or outside UNC.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Bruker Biospec 9.4T\/30-cm<\/strong> horizontal bore animal MRI system is a shared instrumentation funded to UNC BRIC by NIH <strong>S10RR019924<\/strong>. This system is now equipped with a top-of-the-line 12-cm RRI gradient insert (1000 mT\/m, and 120 \u00b5s 5-95% rise time) and various types of RF coils for high resolution imaging. In 2020, CAMRI received an NIMH Instrumentation Award <strong>S10MH124745<\/strong> to upgrade the console of this system to the Bruker AVANCE NEO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A brand new Bruker Biospec 9.4T\/20-cm horizontal bore animal MRI system<\/strong> with a <strong>4-ch rat brain cryoprobe<\/strong> will be installed in 2021, supported by NIH <strong>S10OD026796<\/strong> and NC Biotech.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding: 20px 20px 20px 10px;width: 100%;background-color: #c92a29;font-weight: bold;color: #ffffff\">[3\/18\/2020] The Small Animal MRI Core remains open and will continue to serve studies as scheduled. In the meantime, we are monitoring the COVID-19 condition closely and will evaluate the feasibility of accepting new study requests on a case by case basis. Please feel free to contact us at\u00a0<a title=\"mailto:camri@unc.edu\" href=\"mailto:camri@unc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">camri@unc.edu<\/a>\u00a0should you have any questions.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#F5F5F5;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground horz-menu\">\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/camri\/about-9-4t-mri\/\">Bruker 9.4T\/30-cm Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/camri\/study-initiation\/\">Study Initiation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:camri@unc.edu\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>News<\/h2>\n<div id=\"myCarousel\" class=\"carousel slide\" data-ride=\"carousel\">\n      <ol class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n        <li data-target=\"#myCarousel\" data-slide-to=\"0\" class=\"active\"><\/li>\n        <li data-target=\"#myCarousel\" data-slide-to=\"1\" class=\"\"><\/li>\n        <li data-target=\"#myCarousel\" data-slide-to=\"2\" class=\"\"><\/li>\n      <\/ol>\n        <div class=\"carousel-inner\" role=\"listbox\">\n\n        <div class=\"item  active\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"photograph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/2026-7t-tana-meeting-7-27-26\/\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2026\/04\/7TANA_OnePager_Final_Rev260323-800x420.png\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"\">    <\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h3 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/2026-7t-tana-meeting-7-27-26\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"2026 7T TANA Meeting \u2013 7\/27\/26\">2026 7T TANA Meeting \u2013 7\/27\/26<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <p><p>The Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) and the Department of Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are pleased to host the upcoming meeting of the\u00a07T Translational Alliance in North America (7T TANA). 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