Robarts opens Canada's most advanced ultra-high field MRI facility
Robarts Research Institute celebrated the opening of Canada's most advanced MRI facility in its Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, which will design and apply new techniques to better understand and develop treatments for a range of debilitating disorders. The facility has been established with a $3 million investment in an ultra-high field MRI scanner by Merck Research Laboratories, a contribution that has leveraged another $4.68 million in additional federal and provincial funding for research at Robarts.
"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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