Auburn installs Siemens 7T MRI scanner

Auburn University has installed Siemens' Magnetom Terra.X 7-tesla MRI scanner in its College of Engineering.

The scanner features dedicated radiofrequency sodium imaging coils and parallel transmit technology and will be used for brain and knee imaging, with a clinical focus on better understanding epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other disorders.

Siemens' Magnetom 7T MRI scanner.Siemens' Magnetom 7T MRI scanner.PR Newswire

Projects currently underway that will use the scanner include research exploring post-traumatic stress disorder biomarkers in senior adults via spectroscopy, comparing brain connectivity between healthy populations with mental illness with a focus on the interaction between cognition and emotions, muscle and brain energy production capacity on the cells, how AI can be used to predict brain disorders and human/animal behavior, and the effect of gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease.

The scanner replaces the college's previous 7T system, installed in 2012 and removed, which was an investigational-only device.

The university said acquiring the new scanner was the result of a gift from Auburn engineering alumnus Thomas Walter and his wife, Jean.

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