MRI Console Needed; MRI Magnet Trade-in

We would like to purchase a new or used 300 MHz console for animal MRI/NMR research. We have a 7.0T/210mm Magnex magnet, Magnex 120 mm shielded gradients, a CPC 1 kW 1H RF amplifier, a Copley 256 gradient amplifier rack and a RRI shim power supply. We need the digital and low-level RF components to complete this system. Possible consoles include new or used Bruker Avance DBX and Varian Inova and MRI consoles, as well as similar products from other vendors.

We have the following equipment to trade in toward the purchase of the 300 MHz console:

  1. A complete 1.9T / 310 mm Bruker ABX Biospec, including Oxford magnet, Bruker BGA20 gradients, Bruker console and several Bruker coils
  2. A GE Signa console customized for preclinical (animal) MRI.
  3. Other MRI hardware and spare parts, including two Wavetek sweep generators, nine Techron 8607 gradient amplifiers and numerous spare parts for the GE Signa console.
We are also interested in the possibility of trading our (unshielded) Magnex 7T / 210mm magnet for a new or used shielded 9.4T / 210mm or 11.7T / 210mm magnet. The trade in could also include any of the hardware described above. We would then also need to buy a suitable 400 MHz or 500 MHz MRI/NMR console in lieu of the 300 MHz console.

Kenneth W. Fishbein, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging
Gerontology Research Center Room 4D-08
5600 Nathan Shock Drive
Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
Phone: (410) 558-8512
FAX: (410) 558-8376
E-mail: kf31x@nih.gov

12/07