Facilities

Neuroimaging facility October, 2013

Neuroscience Building

The 1200 square foot MRI facility is housed on the first floor of the three-floor, 37,700 square foot Neuroscience building adjacent to the Cox Science Building on the University of Miami Coral Gables Campus. The facility encompasses a MR scanner suite with associated reception and waiting areas, dressing rooms and a MR simulator/mock scanner suite. The remaining 11,000 square feet on the first floor of the building includes shared space including a large conference/multipurpose room, kitchen, restrooms, behavioral testing rooms, a central server room, a phlebotomy room, and an assay lab.

GE® Discovery MR750 3.0T MR scanner

Neuroimaging Suite

The Neuroimaging Suite has a state-of-the-art GE® Discovery MR750 3.0T MR scanner and 32-channel head coil capable of performing structural and functional scans in human subjects. The MR suite is equipped to deliver visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. In addition, behavioral and physiological responses and eye movements can be recorded.

Equipment

• Psychology Software Tools, Inc. Hyperion MRI Digital Projection System, PST-100984
• Current Designs 932 fORP Response Devices (4-button diamond, 4-button inline, 5-button Pyka, Trackball2)
• Biopac Physiological Recording (Heart rate, respiration, skin conductance response, electrocardiography, electromyography, blood pressure)
• Avotec, Inc. Silent Scan SS-3300 Hearing Protection, Communication and Music System
• Resonance Technology Eye-tracking (used with 8-ch head coil)
• Video camera monitoring
• Gustometer (Taste-Delivery)
• Midwest Composite Technologies MRI System Simulator
• Psychology Software Tools, Inc. motrak Head Motion Tracking System, PST-100722