About the MR Research Facility
The University of Iowa MR Research Facility was established in August of 2004 with the acquisition of a Siemens Trio 3T scanner, shared between research and clinical usage. While the Center is within the Department of Radiology, it is run as a Core University facility. The facility is managed on a daily basis by Vincent Magnotta, PhD, Alan Stolpen, MD, PhD, and Dan Thedens, PhD. Oversight is provided by a Research Advisory committee that reviews new project proposals and equipment acquisitions. Since its inception, the equipment managed by the Research Center has expanded. In 2006, a research dedicated Siemens Avanto 1.5T scanner was loaned to the University by Siemens Medical Solutions to support research studies. Then, in 2007 an NIH/NCRR High End Instrumentation grant supported the acquisition of a research dedicated Siemens TIM Trio 3T scanner.
In 2010 The University of Iowa was awarded a $7.97 million grant, received through the National Center for Research Resources, for a whole body 7T MRI research scanner. The scanner will be sited on the College of Medicine campus in the new Iowa Institute for Biomedical Discovery (IIBD) building and will be supported by the Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging. Obtaining grant funding for the 7T was a multiple departmental effort lead by the Director of the MRI Research Facility, Vincent Magnotta.
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