Research Areas

• Clinical Imaging at 7T

  The strongly interdisciplinary cooperation between clinicians, engineers and scientists lead to the unique feature of the Erwin L. Hahn Institute: Clinical imaging of the entire human body, and especially of pathology at 7T. In many projects anatomies and pathologies were shown for the first time at 7T. Comparative studies show the clinical benefits of 7T compared to 1.5T and 3T.

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• Functional MRI at 7T

  The exploration of the human brain is a central part of being human. In functional imaging, high resolution activated brain areas are detected to investigate cognitive abilities and human behavior. The work is both clinically motivated to patients, as well as basic research on healthy volunteers.

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• Methodological + Safety Development for 7T

  Focus of the technical and methodological research at the Erwin L. Hahn Institute are the development of RF coils, sophisticated parallel transmit approaches and new reconstruction methods. Since volunteer safety is first priority, one fundamental research topic of the institute is the development of well-defined safety tests for hard- and software components. All research projects are conducted which special attention to clinical use.
  

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