Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine (INM)

Medical Imaging Physics (INM-4)

MR PHYSICS

About

The primary aim of the MR Group is the development and implementation of new methods and sequences in magnetic resonance imaging, with a focus on the brain. In particular, we are interested in quantitative MR imaging, structural and functional imaging, sodium imaging, diffusion imaging and high-field MR.
To support these activities, the MR Group constructs and implements new hardware designs and sequence development. An important topic of research is the combination of MRI and PET in a hybrid MR-PET scanner capable of simultaneously measuring the two datasets. This combination opens new frontiers for the study and application of innovative methods in basic and translational brain research.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Research Topics

Hardware
Sequence & Scientific Computing
MR-PET
Diffusion Imaging
Quantitative Imaging
Novel Contrast Imaging
Sodium Imaging
fMRI

Contact

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. N. J. Shah

INM-4

Building 15.14 / Room 201

+49 2461/61-6836

E-Mail

RESEARCH TOPICS

HARDWARE

The Hardware Group develops components especially for high-field MRI systems.

SEQUENCE & SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

The Sequence Development Group deals with the design of new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques tailored to neuroscientific applications.

MR-PET

The MR-PET Group aims to develop the new technology of hybrid magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography, which enables the simultaneous aquisition of both MR and PET data, for novel applications.

DIFFUSION IMAGING

Diffusion MRI has established itself as an invaluable tool for the non-invasive probing of tissue microstructure and dynamics.

QUANTITATIVE IMAGING

Quantitative MRI of the brain is an attractive and challenging undertaking that aims to extract physical parameters from native MRI images.

CONTRAST MECHANISMS

The aim The Contrast Mechanisms Group is to establish new methods for investigating the microscopic properties of tissue by exploiting their NMR characteristics

SODIUM IMAGING

The Sodium Imaging Group develops novel approaches for the study of the distribution and relaxation times of the sodium ion in the brain.

FUNCTIONAL MRI (fMRI)

The fMRI Group focuses on the direct implementation of recent methodological achievements from other INM-4 research teams into neuroscientific applications.