Award
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 5R01NS121544-05
Unified Shim-RF Coil Technology for Improved Whole-Brain Spectroscopic MRI for Neurological Disorders
Recipient
WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
Award Amount
$415,240.00
Ceiling
$415,240.00
Awarded
April 17, 2026
Identifier
5R01NS121544-05
Development and prototyping of a novel UNIC head coil to enhance whole-brain spectroscopic MRI for neurological disorders, improving brain coverage and metabolic evaluation.
Description
This project aims to develop and prototype the first UNIC head coil to dramatically increase brain volume coverage and enable true metabolic evaluation of the entire brain using 3D MRSI. The study will optimize shimming performance and hardware complexity, and assess improvements in brain coverage, ultimately resolving longstanding B0 inhomogeneity issues in whole-brain spectroscopic MRI.