Documents for Grants

  • You can download the current CHN-MRI Facilities document here.
  • We are happy to provide a letter of support for any grant applications! Please email John Pyles.

    • Current Peripheral Equipment

    • Siemens Coils:
      • 64 channel head/neck
      • 32 channel head
      • 20 channel head/neck
      • spine
      • flex coils
    • Installed C2P Sequences:
      • CMRR Multiband BOLD & Diffusion EPI
      • MGH SMS
      • MGH Navigator Guided T1/T2
      • MGH Multi-echo MPRAGE
      • ABCD Protocols
      • Delaware Brain EPI MRE
      • UCL MPM (hMRI)
      • MGH – gSlider, MIEPI, BlippedCAIPI, 3D_MRF
      • UCLA PCASL
      • HCP Protocols
    • Visual Display:
    • Response Devices:
    • Auditory Presentation:
    • Head Stabilization:
    • Physiological Monitoring:
      • Siemens Wireless Pulse Oximeter, Respiratory Belt, & EKG
      • BIOPAC – GSR & electrical stimulation (expandable to any BIOPAC sensors!)
    • Eyetracking:
    • Participant Monitoring:
      • FIRMM real-time motion monitoring
      • Bore Camera (foot side)
      • Bore Camera (head side, to be installed Fall 2022)
    • Experiment Presentation Computers & Software:
      • Windows: Presentation, E-Prime 3.0, Psychophysics Toolbox, PsychoPy
      • Mac: Psychophysics Toolbox, PsychoPy, Matlab
      • Linux (Ubuntu): To be installed Fall 2022
      • Laptop: Researchers can bring a laptop and connect to all devices
    • Testing Rooms:
      • All testing rooms equipped with Windows PC with E-Prime 3.0.
      • B120B: Round conference table & computer table
      • B120C: Family waiting/testing with couch, rocking chair, white noise maker, dimming lamp, and computer table
    • Safety & Participant Comfort:
      • Large Waiting Room
      • Guest Wifi
      • Secure lockers and safe for personal items
    • Mock Scanner:
      • Custom PST Deluxe MRI Simulator
      • Replicate Siemens 64ch Mock Head Coil
      • MoTrak motion tracking system
      • SimFx MRI auditory simulation built into mock scanner
      • In-Bore participant monitoring camera
      • Windows PC with Presentation, E-Prime 3.0, Psychophysics Toolbox, Matlab
      • Display matching visual angle and resolution of real MRI
      • Current Designs mock response devices
      • Trigger simulator (to be installed Fall 2022)