Bruker BioSpin's MRI CryoProbe(TM) Selected for 2008 R&D 100 Award for Enabling Preclinical MRI on Mice at 60 Micrometer Spatial
24 July 2008 - 4:41AM
Business Wire
A prestigious 2008 R&D 100 Award has been given to Bruker
BioSpin for the MRI CryoProbe�, as one of the 100 most
technologically significant products introduced into the
marketplace over the past year. Together with the 1.7 mm NMR
MicroCryoProbe, this results in two magnetic resonance innovations
from Bruker BioSpin being selected by the independent judging panel
and editors of R&D Magazine in 2008. The Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) CryoProbe� delivers an increase in sensitivity of
approximately a factor of 2.5x in small animal in vivo MRI. This
enables very high 3D isotropic spatial resolution down to 60 �m, or
alternatively an increase in acquisition speed by more than a
factor of 5x compared to conventional room temperature MRI RF
coils. In combination with high magnetic fields, the MRI CryoProbe
enables new pre-clinical neuroscience studies with functional MRI
(fMRI). Bruker BioSpin�s MRI CryoProbe technology uses cryogenic
RF-coils and preamplifiers cooled by a closed-cycle helium gas
refrigeration system. Bruker BioSpin is the pioneer in the
development of cryogenic probes for high-resolution NMR. Over 650
Bruker NMR CryoProbes have been installed at customers worldwide so
far. The new MRI CryoProbe is available for in vivo animal MRI at
various field strengths for BioSpec�, PharmaScan� and ClinScan� MRI
scanners. Comprehensive animal studies using the MRI CryoProbe were
performed at the ETH in Zuerich, Switzerland, where it is routinely
used for clinical neuroscience research on mice. Professor Markus
Rudin, Director of the MRI and Optical Imaging Section of the
Animal Imaging Center, ETH Zuerich, commented: �This novel MRI
CryoProbe technology has proven to provide a strong and impressive
increase in sensitivity. It will greatly enhance the potential of
MRI in small animals for clinical and pharmaceutical research.�
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