3T-D: Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma

Description

The 3T-D system is a Siemens Prisma scanner, managed by the CMRR but housed at the Minnesota Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB). This is an FDA-approved scanner and is currently used for MIDB-specific studies including the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study.

3T MRI

Magnet Information

  • Magnet Manufacturer: Agilent
  • Field Strength: 3.0 Tesla
  • Shielding: Active
  • Bore Diameter: None mm
  • Installation Year: 2025
  • Field Homogeneity: None (None) ppm (mm)
  • Total Mass: None tons
  • Windings Length: None km
  • Windings Material:
  • Helium Bath Volume: None liters
  • Stored Energy: None MJ

Console

  • Console: Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma
  • Software Platform: XA30

RF Transmit and Receive Information

  • Number of Receive Channels: None
  • Number of Transmit Channels: None
  • Transmit Power (per channel): None kW
  • Combined Mode Transmit Power: None kW
  • X-Nuclei Transmit Power: None kW

Primary Gradient

  • Gradient Model:
  • Maximum Strength: None mT/m
  • Slew Rate: None T/m/s
  • Rise Time: None µs
  • 2nd Order Shims: True (None A/ch)
  • 3rd Order Shims: False

Clinical & Human Subjects

  • Patient Accessible Bore Size: None mm
  • Bore Length: None mm
  • Clinical Scans: No
  • Human Subjects: Yes

Intercoms

  • Avotec Silent Scan Intercom
  • OptoAcoustics Active Noise Cancelling Intercom
  • Siemens Intercom

Acquisition Peripherals

  • FIRMM tablet
  • Not Applicable MR Technologist Service Available

Stimulus computers

  • Mac Stimulus Computer
  • Matlab PsychToolbox
  • PST E-Prime 2.0.10.353
  • PsychoPy 1.83
  • PsychoPy 2023
  • Windows Matrix Control Computer
  • Windows Stimulus Computer

Displays

  • NEC Projector
  • NordicNeuroLabs goggles
  • NordicNeuroLabs LCD screen
  • Resonance Technology goggles

Matrix Switch

  • Extron 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switch

Auditory

Response pads

Eyetrackers and cameras

  • MRC Camera
  • MREyes Eye Monitoring Camera