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Research MRI System

The compact Research Lab benchtop MRI system delivers the full capabilities of a complete MRI setup – right at your desktop.

Equipped with cutting-edge electronics and a high-performance permanent magnet, it empowers you to develop MR sequences and hardware seamlessly within your own workspace.

Take full control with our open MATLAB interface, enabling direct spectrometer operation from within MATLAB for an intuitive, streamlined workflow.

  • up to 100 MHz
  • built-in amplifiers
  • 0.55 Tesla permanent magnet
  • open MATLAB interface
  • easy to set up and operate

Overview

Benchtop MRI for research and industrial applications

The Research Lab benchtop MRI system delivers the full capabilities of a complete MRI setup directly to your desktop, providing unmatched flexibility for research, development, and industrial applications.

Our MRI systems offer researchers a versatile imaging platform for exploring fundamental principles of MRI technology and conducting various experimental studies. Their compact design allows seamless integration into diverse research environments, supporting investigations across physics, chemistry, and biomedical sciences.

Equipped with state-of-the-art electronics and a high-performance permanent magnet, the Research Lab system enables users to develop and refine MR sequences, explore imaging techniques, and prototype new hardware—all within their own workspace.

With our open MATLAB interface, users can control the spectrometer directly from MATLAB, facilitating custom experiments, automated workflows, and real-time data processing. This makes the Research Lab system ideal for applications such as:

  • Academic Research & Education: Hands-on training for students and researchers developing pulse sequences, imaging methods, and experimental MRI techniques.
  • Materials Science & Non-Destructive Testing: Structural analysis of polymers, composites, and porous materials without compromising integrity.
  • Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Applications: Investigating drug formulations, characterizing tissue properties, and performing molecular relaxometry studies.
  • Food & Agricultural Research: Quality assessment of food products, moisture distribution analysis, and texture evaluation for optimized processing.

Designed for precision, adaptability, and ease of integration, the Research Lab system empowers professionals across various fields to push the boundaries of MRI technology.

  • up to 100 MHz
  • built-in amplifiers
  • 0.55 Tesla permanent magnet
  • open MATLAB interface
  • easy to set up and operate
  • integrated network analyzer

Hardware

Cutting-Edge Hardware for
MR development, imaging, or hardware prototyping

Control Unit Drive – L

Optimal performance with exceptional flexibility, seamlessly integrating with additional hardware for expanded capabilities.

  • high performance 3D imaging
  • built-in high power gradient and RF amplifiers
  • standardized outputs for external gradient and RF amplifiers
  • blanking and RF-switching signal outputs
  • external trigger inputs
  • digital inputs and outputs
  • frequency range 0 to 100 MHz
  • accurate clock input for synchronization
  • USB 2.0

For detailed specifications, please download the specs pdf document.

Benchtop 0.5 T magnet

Available in different sizes and configurations, we offer the perfect magnet for any application.

  • available in 10 mm – 40 mm
  • various upgrades available
  • high performance 3D imaging
  • relaxometry (T1, T2, T2rho, …)
  • optimized RF-coil
  • 0.55 Tesla
  • high homogeneity
  • robust magnet construction
  • low stray field
Field strength~ 550 mT
Gradient strength (built-in gradient amplifier)250 mT/m (x,y) | 350 mT/m (z-direction)
Gradient strength (external DC-600 gradient amplifier)1200 mT/m (x,y) | 1500 mT/m (z-direction)
Gradient efficiency250 mT/m/A (x,y) | 330 mT/m/A (z-direction)
Sample diamter imaging10 mm
Field homogeneity (10 mm)< 10 ppm
Sample diamter spectroscopy5 mm
Field homogeneity (5 mm)< 3 ppm
Spectral resolution (5 mm)< 1 ppm
Connection of the imaging unitRj45
Connection of the receiver/transmitter unitBNC
Dimensions (length x width x heigt)27 cm x 25 cm x 14 cm
Weight20.5 kg

Upgrades

Many upgrades and modifications are available for our magnet systems to build optimal solutions tailored to every conceivable application.

  • exchangeable probe system
  • variable sample temperature device
  • multiresonant coils
  • simultaneous excitation and acquisition at multiple frequencies
  • actively damped coils

Software

openMATLAB® interface

Top features

  • real time feedback
  • complete control out of MATLAB®
  • push-button experiments incl. source code
  • real time network analyzer mode
  • no timing restrictions
  • arbitrary gradients
  • TX/RX with multiple frequencies/phases
  • use MATLAB® for data analysis


Available pulse programs:

  • Default imaging: Spin Echo, (segmented) Turbo Spin Echo,
    SPI/CSI, Gradient Echo, EPI, Zero Echo Time (ZTE), …
  • Imaging with preparation: Spatially resolved T1, T2, or T2* maps, Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), Elastography, Velocity/Flow, …
  • Relaxometry: T1 and 12 measurements,
  • T1-2 or T1p-T2 correlation maps, T2-T2 exchange maps, …
    (some measurements might require additional hardware)

Workbook & Lessons

Tutorial Video

Write a SpinEcho 2D using our openMATLAB interface

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