Facilities
For research studies, the CNS houses dedicated 1.5T and 3T GE Signa HDx TwinSpeed MRI scanners (which are also made available for clinical and advanced clinical scanning). Both machines are capable of functional, spectroscopic, anatomical and pathological mapping techniques.
Preclinical MRI is performed on a 7T Varian MRIS scanner, fully equipped for experimental studies, with adjoining dedicated ancillary services. The scanner has all the capabilities of the CNS scanners but significantly higher spatial resolution is possible.
Within the department, MR imaging and physics development, expertise and support is provided by Professor Gareth Barker and his team, while Professor Mick Brammer and his group are involved with developing new image analysis methods.