Connectome Neonatal System
Description
Neonatal brain MRI is increasingly undertaken both for clinical care and research with the main focus on enhanced care for fragile babies during scanning and optimized imaging performance.
The Connectome Neonatal System was developed as a joint project by Jo Hajnal, Centre for the Developing Brain & Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas Hospital, KCL London, U.K. and RAPID Biomedical to consistently gain high image quality when examining babies. This system is being used for the European Research Council funded “Developing Human Connectome Project” (319456).
- 32 channel multi-coil receiver array
- dedicated for examining babies up to 44 weeks gestational age at time of scan
- rigid but light shell with positioning holes to prepare the baby
- support frame to slide the head coil over the baby and shell
- close fitting 32-channel multi-coil receiver array
- three immobilisation cushions (Pearltec AG) that conform to the shape of the baby’s head
- baby transport trolley
- accoustic hood to protect baby from noise
- B0 field strength: 3 T
- approximate measurements
outer diameter of shell: 20 cm
inner diameter of shell: 13 / 15.2 cm
housing length of coil: 25 cm (shell ca. 69 cm, frame ca. 115.4 cm) - approximate weight
of coil: 5.2 kg
of shell: 2.7 kg
For a quotation on this coil please contact us.
Regulatory requirements for medical products will vary by country and MR system. Please contact us at info@rapidbiomed.de or info@rapidmri.com (USA, Canada, and South America) to determine approval status for products mentioned on this product page.
Find much more information about the connectome project in this virtual tour by courtesy of http://www.developingconnectome.org/project/ .
SNR phantom maps: Emer Hughes, KCL London, U.K.
Pictures 4 to 6: Jo Hajnal, Centre for the Developing Brain & Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas Hospital, KCL London, U.K.
Datasheet
Publications
Lucilio Cordero-Grande et al.: Three-Dimensional Motion Corrected Sensitivity Encoding Reconstruction for Multi-Shot Multi-Slice MRI: Application to Neonatal Brain Imaging.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 79 / 1365–1376 (2018)
with RAPID Biomedical coil # P-H32LE-030-01583
Emer J. Hughes et al.: A Dedicated Neonatal Brain Imaging System.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 10.1002/mrm.26462 (2016)
with RAPID Biomedical coil # P-H32LE-030-01583