Former Director Dr. Alex MacKay with the newly installed Elition scanner (March 2019)
Scanner system updated to MR7700 (February 2024)
Please note – we are a research facility and do not perform medically indicated MRI exams. To inquire about having an MRI done for your health concerns, please refer to the LMMI Central Intake.
UPDATE (2024-05-15):
The UBC MRI Research facility recently underwent an equipment upgrade and now hosts Canada’s first Philips 3.0T MR7700 MRI scanner! The system’s new capabilities include:
- Diffusion imaging with significantly improved data quality, enabling visualization of the brain’s neural pathways with amazing clarity, thanks to diffusion gradients reaching up to 65 mT/m and 220 T/m/s
- The new multi-nuclear spectrometer is a game-changer, enabling researchers to explore beyond the proton (1H)
- Sodium (23Na) MRI is used to assess brain cell and cartilage health
- Phosphorus (31P) MR spectroscopy is applied to understand cellular energy dynamics in a variety of anatomies
Please contact us at mri.research@ubc.ca to learn more!