Facilities
Lucas Center (also see MRI Service Center)
The Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging houses resources devoted to research in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), spectroscopy (MRS) and X-Ray/CT imaging. Researchers in RSL and at the Lucas Center have pioneered MRI/MRS/X-Ray/CT technology while developing new techniques that benefit patients with stroke, cancer, heart disease, and brain disorders. The Center supports collaborative and original research using human subjects and intact animal models.
Our facilities include three 3.0T whole-body MR systems and a 7.0T whole-body MR system, complete with patient/animal preparation facilities and image processing/readout workstations. The Axiom/Zeego Lab houses a C-arm X-Ray CT scanner that offers fluoroscopic scanning, weight-bearing MRI and many other applications. A machine shop/workshop offers addition capability for miscellaneous hardware development including MRI coils and phantoms. Most of the over 100 people in RSL have office space in the Lucas Center for Imaging.
Three 3 T G.E. Healthcare whole-body MR systems include high performance gradients, multi-nuclear capability, and a wide variety of RF coils. The scan and control rooms support many applications with multiple workstations and stimulus equipment. A G.E. Advantage Windows workstation is located in the scan suite. One of the 3T systems is a wide-bore (MR750W) system.
7 T G.E. Healthcare whole-body MR system includes a 16-channel RF head coil (Nova Medical) and a wide variety of multinuclear coils.
A Siemens Angiostar digital x-ray fluoroscopic/angiographic system is also housed in the facility which may be used for animal preparations as well as interventional research.
Wet laboratory space has complete facilities for preparation of animal models, data analysis laboratories, and an electronics/RF coil workshop.
Zeego Lab
The Zeego Lab in the Grant Building (part of Stanford Hospital) houses a state-of-the art Siemens C-Arm CT system.
Hardware Instrumentation Lab
A hardware instrumentation lab, currently at 1501 California Ave, will soon move to the Technology & Innovation campus at 3155 Porter Drive.
Access
The Lucas Center operates as a University Service Center. Its facilities are available to Stanford and non-Stanford researchers by arrangement with the Center Administrator, Jessie Leong (650-497-6820, jesleong@stanford.edu). Use is billed on a per-hour basis. For research studies that require the use of one of the whole body magnets at the Lucas Center, please contact the magnet manager, Anne Marie Sawyer (650-302-2846, amsawyer@stanford.edu, http://rsl.stanford.edu/sawyer). Individual researchers are trained in magnet safety and scanner operations by the magnet manager or MR research technologist, Romi Samra. Unsponsored research projects must be pre-approved by the Research Committee of the Department of Radiology. Collaborations with Lucas Center researchers are invited and encouraged.
