Robarts opens Canada's most advanced ultra-high field MRI facility
"This latest investment by Merck Research Laboratories strengthens an ongoing research partnership with Merck that brings together the best minds at Robarts and at Merck with the best in ultra-high field MRI technology," said Dr. Mark Poznansky, Robarts President and Scientific Director. "Add to that the significant contribution of the Governments of Ontario and Canada to support the new field of metabolic imaging and we have created the winning conditions for innovation in medical science."
The new 9.4 Tesla MRI scanner - the largest combination of bore size and magnetic field in Canada, and one of only nine worldwide - will accelerate the non-clinical study of a range of disorders from respiratory illness and stroke to Alzheimer's and ALS.
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