Siemens Magnetom Prisma

A 3T whole-body MRI magnet

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Siemens Magnetom Prisma MRI system in lab setting with work station, patient table, magnet, and large video display on the ceiling

Description

The Siemens Magnetom Prisma is a standard bore (60cm) 3T zero boil-off whole-body human MRI magnet with 80mT/m gradients and a maximum slew rate of 200 T/m/s. The system is equipped with multiple RF transmitters for field shaping and 64 RF receivers.

Equipped with several multichannel coils and auxiliary equipment, such as an EEG and eye-tracking system, the Prisma is particularly suited for neuroimaging applications. The scanner can be booked for investigator-led or industry/pharma-sponsored national and international research studies.

Our system has multiple software licenses for a wide array of acquisition and postprocessing applications. It is equipped with an MR Elastography actuator with differently sized drivers. A contrast injector is integrated into the system and a clinical life sign monitor is available. 

Via DICOM the system is connected to the Prince of Wales Medical Imaging Department’s PACS system for Duty of Care reporting and uploading of SESLHD and SCH patient data, and to the RINSW Flywheel instance for uploading of anonymised study data. 

The scanner room is equipped with medical gases. 

Specifications

    • Cryo-cooled, actively shielded, zero-boil-off magnet
    • Field strength: 3T
    • Bore diameter: 60 cm
    • Max. Gradient strength: 80 mT/m (per axis)
    • Max linear slew rate: 200 T/m/s (per axis)

  • The system has multiple RF coils, e.g., a 64 channel head/neck coil, 32 channel spine and 18 channel body coils, as well as specialty coils for a broad range of applications.  

    • 2 transmitters
    • 64 receivers
    • BOLD-screen setup for visual stimulation with Cedrus Lumina response boxes (can also be used for entertainment of participants) with several presentation packages on Windows or Linux (Presentation, PsychToolBox, PsychoPy).
    • Eye-tracker with integration into the presentation system.
    • 64 channel Brain Products MR-compatible EEG system.
    • 128 channel Compumedics MR-compatible EEG system.
    • MR compatible goggles with a range of exchangeable prescription glasses for optimal visual stimulation of near- or far-sighted subjects.

  • We have a range of phantoms available for protocol optimisation.

Techniques
    • MRI 
    • MRS
    • Human Imaging
    • MR Spectroscopy
    • MR Elastography
    • MR Fingerprinting
    • Quantitative Imaging 
    • QSM
    • Functional MRI (fMRI)
    • Diffusion weighted Imaging (DWI)
    • Perfusion Imaging
    • Vascular Imaging
    • Neuro Imaging
    • BOLD Imaging
    • Cardiac Imaging
    • Skeletomuscular Imaging
    • Abdominal Imaging
    • Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Imaging
    • Eye-tracking
    • Medical Gases

Applications

  • Neuroimaging
  • Whole body imaging
  • Lifetime cohorts
  • Paediatric imaging
  • Structural imaging
  • Clinical MR trials
  • Structural imaging
  • Volumetric measurements
  • Phantom measurements

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Instrument location

Research Imaging NSW

Level 1, Building 3
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, NSW 2031

Email: researchimaging@unsw.edu.au

Dr Ralf Loeffler

MR Physicist, Senior Research Scientist

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    ralf.loeffler@unsw.edu.au

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    02 9065 6558

Dr Jiyang Jiang

Senior Research Fellow

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    jiyang.jiang@unsw.edu.au

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    02 9065 7303

Parent facility

Research Imaging New South Wales (RINSW)

RINSW is UNSW’s human imaging research core facility. We are fully integrated in the clinical environment of the Prince of Wales Hospital. Our unique infrastructure, operational model and hospital location allow us to serve paediatric and adult populations (including patients) and thereby advance both clinical research and basic science relying on imaging outcomes.