Dr. Lee along with Prof. Park JY visited a 7T vendor in Germany to test-drive their new 7T MRI scanner. Impressions from Dr. Lee: it was a big machine, reasonably well taken care of, and was producing images that showed both promises and difficulties of human imaging at such a high magnetic field. The head transmit coil occupying significant bore space was unfortunate; this left little room for goggles and other devices for fun fMRI experiments. A little surprising was the fact that no parallel transmit was needed for imaging a relatively large head with decent image quality. The apparent RF shading was not severe. The trip was refreshing and fruitful. The rural European town visited was quite enjoyable for a short stay. All the trip cost was borne by the visiting party, in light of the heightened scrutiny over business transparency.
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