Available facilities

The following facilities are available at the Spinoza Centre.

3 Tesla MRI scanner

The 3 Tesla MRI Scanner (3T) is a Philips Ingenia CX system. The following peripheral equipment and facilities are available for the 3T:

• Variety of coils
• Variety of physiological measurements, such as breathing, pulse rate and cardiac trace can be monitored using the Philips monitoring system.
• Variety of sequences

Peripheral equipment

• Stimulus computer
• Cambridge Research Systems BOLDscreen - MRI compatible LCD screen
• Current Designs Fiber Optic Response Pads (fORP) - MRI compatible button boxes
• Cambridge Research Systems LiveTrack -MRI compatible eye tracking system
• MR Confon MkII+ - MRI compatible audio system
• BrainVision BrainAmp ExG MR - MRI compatible amplifier with GSR and respiration modules, and the possibility of connecting other electrodes
• Digitimer Constant Current STIMULATOR DS7A - Electrical stimulator

7 Tesla MRI scanner

The 7 Tesla MRI Scanner (7T) is a Philips Achieva system. The following peripheral equipment and facilities are available for the 7T:

• 2-channel (Classic) and 8-channel (MultiX) transmit setups
• Variety of coils, including
  • 2 channel multi transmit Nova head coil
  • 32 channel Nova head receive coil for use with above transmit coil
  • MR Coils 32-channel high-density receivers (surface-coils)
  • Other specialist coils
• Variety of physiological measurements, such as breathing, pulse rate and cardiac trace can be monitored using the Philips monitoring system.
• Variety of sequences, including custom-build sequences

Peripheral equipment

• Stimulus computer
• Cambridge Research Solutions BOLDscreen- MRI compatible LCD screen
• Current Designs Fiber Optic Response Pads (fORP) - MRI compatible button boxes
• EyeLink - MRI compatible eye tracking system
• MR Confon MkII+ - MRI compatible audio system
• This list is incomplete!

Testing rooms

Three testing rooms are available, these are located between the waiting area and MRI control rooms. These rooms can be booked separately from the scanners. The testing rooms are equipped with a Stimulus computer and a regular workstation with internet.

Mock scanner (0 Tesla)

The mock scanner resembles a fully operational Philips Achieva system without the magnetic field. The mock scanner has been equipped with a Cambridge Research Solutions BOLDscreen, (USB) FORP button boxes, intercom and speaker to simulate scanning noise. A stimulus computer is present to pilot experiments. The mock control room can also be used if all testing rooms are occupied.

Compute cluster and data storage

• Compute environment
• Data export / sftp / XNAT

Offices

You are welcome to join us in our offices with your laptop or paperwork. We can provide you with a desk, fast ethernet connection, kitchen, lounge and terrace.

Meeting room

It is possible to book our meeting room. The meeting rooming is equipped with a large LCD screen, which may be connected to your device via USB. You can reserve our meeting room through the Booking site.