Supply, Installation and Servicing of MRI Scanner for Nottingham Trent University

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Nottingham Trent University awarded a contract to Engineer's Exchange for the supply, installation, and servicing of an MRI scanner, valued at AUD 300,000.

The scope included an MRI system with a minimum 1.5 T static magnetic field, a range of RF coils (flex, knee, breast, and body matrix), and software modules such as Tim, Cardiac, Ortho, Neuro, Body, Breast, Angio, Scientific, 3D, Flow quantification, Single Voxel Spectroscopy, and fMRI.

The system required pulse programming and method development facilities, bone imaging protocols (e.g., ultra-short echo time), single-click whole body imaging, and a helium level over 75% with a cold head in the first quarter of its lifetime.

Installation included full transportation, siting, Faraday cage installation, commissioning, shimming to a minimum of 0.2 ppm, testing, and training for at least 10 people, as well as construction of free-standing or fixed partitions for the equipment room, control room, and changing room.

The contract also covered a minimum 12-month warranty, a one-year service contract with unlimited telephone support, and projected service costs for up to five years.