MRI Tools GmbH 2 articles published in JoVE Medicine Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis at 7.0 Tesla Sonia Waiczies*1, Antje Els*1, Joseph Kuchling*2,3,4, Karin Markenroth Bloch5, Anna Pankowska6,7, Helmar Waiczies8, Carl Herrmann1, Claudia Chien2,3, Carsten Finke4,9, Friedemann Paul2,3,4, Thoralf Niendorf1,2,8 1Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, 2Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 3NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 4Department of Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 5The Swedish National 7T Facility, Lund University Bioimaging Center, Lund University, 6Department of Radiography, Medical University of Lublin, 7ECOTECH-COMPLEX, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 8MRI.TOOLS GmbH, 9Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Here, we present a protocol to acquire magnetic resonance (MR) images of multiple sclerosis (MS) patient brains at 7.0 Tesla. The protocol includes preparation of the setup including the radio-frequency coils, standardized interview procedures with MS patients, subject positioning in the MR scanner and MR data acquisition. Medicine Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 7 Tesla Daniel Stäb1,2, Aiman Al Najjar1, Kieran O'Brien1,3, Wendy Strugnell4, Jonathan Richer3, Jan Rieger5, Thoralf Niendorf5, Markus Barth1 1The Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 3Siemens Healthcare Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia, 4Richard Slaughter Centre of Excellence in CVMRI, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 5MRI.Tools GmbH, Berlin, Germany The sensitivity gain inherent to ultrahigh field magnetic resonance holds promise for high spatial resolution imaging of the heart. Here, we describe a protocol customized for functional cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) at 7 Tesla using an advanced multi-channel radio-frequency coil, magnetic field shimming and a triggering concept.
