The OSU Biomedical Imaging Center at the Hardesty Center for Clinical Research and Neuroscience offers research-grade MRI services in an outpatient clinic setting. The center’s Magnetom Prisma 3 Tesla MRI provides exceptional image quality and shorter scan times, which translate into improved diagnosis and care plans for physicians and their patients. The outpatient diagnostic imaging clinic supports virtually all neurological, musculoskeletal and breast imaging services.
The OSU Medicine Biomedical Imaging Center houses the Siemens Magnetom Prisma 3T MRI. The Prisma offers 64 independent channels for faster imaging and higher SNR, and supports advanced applications such as DWI, SWI, fMRI, dynamic angiography, perfusion, and MR spectroscopy.
In addition, the MAGNETOM Prisma offers the Siemens Dot system, a suite of customizable engines for clinical and research protocols that allow users to personalize protocols according to patient needs, build in step-by-step user guidance, and automated MRI exams. The Prisma offers:
• 80 mT/m @ 200 T/m/s simultaneously, on all three axes
• Ultra-high-performance cooling
• Force-compensated design for reduced vibrations
• Benchmark magnet homogeneity
A wide selection of RF multi-channel, receive-only surface coil arrays for imaging human brains, spinal cords, and peripheral body structures. This includes 20-, 32-, and 64-channel receive-only brain arrays, 32-channel spinal array coil, and multiple 4- and 18- channel body/peripheral flex coils.
• Real-time participant physiological monitoring for cardiac, respiration, and blood oxygenation/pulse measurement.
• Real-time framewise displacement measurement system to track patient/participant motion during scanning.
• MR-compatible high-resolution LCD screen for viewing visual stimuli inside the magnet.
• MR-compatible fiberoptic button boxes and scroll wheels for collecting participant responses.
• Active noise cancelling audio system that greatly reduces scanner-related sound, allowing for improved auditory stimulus delivery and voice recording inside the scanner.
• MR-compatible coil-mounted video camera with integrated infrared LED that provides excellent visualization of a patient/participant’s face and eye movement during scanning, even in the dark.
• A suite of software tools, including PsychoPy and Eprime for stimulus delivery, and OpenNFT for real-time neurofeedback training applications.
• Integration with the OSU High Performance Computing Center to bring petabyte storage and supercomputing resources to the Hardesty Center biomedical researchers.
The Hardesty Center for Clinical Research and Neuroscience provides state-of-the-art, research infrastructure unmatched in Oklahoma. The 49,000-square-foot research complex houses bioimaging services and a clinical trials unit, along with dedicated faculty and student office space that support biomedical, clinical, and population health research initiatives.
The center’s creation is made possible through a gift by the Hardesty Family Foundation and underpins their ongoing commitment to impactful solutions that aid Tulsans for generations.
Early detection just got easier
World-class Prisma 3T MRI technology at OSU provides superior screening and diagnostic imagery.
Definitive answers you need for important breast health decisions are faster and easier with breast MRI services at the OSU Biomedical Imaging Center.
Abbreviated Breast MRI (AB-MRI)
AB-MRI is a screening procedure for women ages 40–70 with dense breast tissue and who have a low to moderate lifetime breast cancer risk. Research shows that AB-MRI has the highest cancer detection rate of all types of breast imaging across all breast density categories. They are most effective when used in conjunction with a mammogram. Scan time for AB-MRI is 20 minutes.
How to get an AB-MRI
AB-MRI requires an order from your physician. Ask your physician if AB-MRI is an option for you based on your breast tissue and lifetime breast cancer risk. AB-MRIs are not currently covered by insurance plans.
A diagnostic breast MRI requires an order from your physician and is typically covered by most insurances. Diagnostic breast MRI is used for a variety of reasons:
- Determining the extent of previously detected breast cancer.
- Evaluating abnormalities detected by mammography.
- Examining for cancer in women who have implants or scar tissue.
- Determining whether lumpectomy or mastectomy would be more effective.
- Determining whether breast cancer has spread into the chest wall.
Mammography:
- Sensitivity is limited by both breast tissue density and complexity.
- Uses ionizing radiation and tissue compression to create images of your breast.
Breast MRI:
- Sensitivity is not limited by breast tissue density or complexity.
- Uses strong magnets to make very detailed images of your breast.
