clinical imaging sciences centre
Facilities
The Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre has both MRI and PET CT scanners, and facilities for evaluation and reporting.
Siemens AVANTO 1.5T MRI
CISC core equipment
- Stimulus projector
- fMRI stimulus pc, Matlab, Cogent 2000, E-Prime and Presentation software
- Audio system ConFon electrostatic headphones and microphone
- EZEM injection pump
- Fibre optic Button boxes, Joy sticks & response pads (fORP)
- MRI safe prescription goggles
- Pulseoximetry Nonin 8600FO
- ASL Eye tracker with pupillometry
- Physiology & data logging pc running SPIKE2
Additional equipment for MR research via Professor Hugh Critchley’s research group
- NIRS with MRI compatible leads
- fMRI compatible respiratory monitoring equipment (chest bands)
- Capnography
- fMRI adapted Portapres cardiovascular monitoring apparatus (for non-invasive beat-to-beat blood pressure)
- fMRI compatible EEG (Eldith NeuroPrax MR) with EMG, ECG and electrodermal (GSR) capabilities
Siemens BIOGRAPH PET- 64 slice CT
- MedRad injection pump
- Pulse oximeter
Other facilities
- Waiting area
- Evaluation / interview room
- 3 patient / volunteer preparation rooms
- Reporting room with PACS and CRIS