Center for the Development of Functional Imaging

Director

Paul Gamlin, Ph.D.

The focus of the CDFI is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially functional MRI, in awake and anesthetized non-human primates using a 4.7 T vertical Varian scanner.

Expertise

On staff we have a veterinary technician who is experienced with non-human primate experiments (both awake and anesthetized preparations).

We also have an MRI physicist who can build MRI hardware, write image processing software, and write new pulse sequences.

Hardware

• Varian Unity Inova
  • Field Strength 4.7T (200.238MHz)
  • 60 cm bore
  • 38 cm clear bore with gradients installed
• Gradients SGRAD 590/380/HD/P 
• Vertical elevator
• Equipment for behavioral experimental control and visual stimulation
• Binocular eye tracking
• Anesthesia system and Invivo Research MRI Physiological Monitor

Software and Technology

• SPM
• FSL
• Matlab