Bruker BioSpin’s MRI CryoProbe™
Selected for 2008 R&D 100 Award for Enabling Preclinical MRI on Mice at
60 Micrometer Spatial Resolution
BILLERICA, Mass. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) July 23, 2008 --
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 µm, 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.”
ABOUT BRUKER BIOSPIN: For more information about Bruker BioSpin
and Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), please visit www.bruker-biospin.com
and www.bruker.com.
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