# Acquisition of a 7T MR scanner for Translational Imaging Research at Roswell Park

> **NIH NIH S10** · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · 2021 · $2,000,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
The purpose of this S10 grant application is to secure funding to replace a technically outdated 4.7T magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scanner for the Translational Imaging Shared Resource (TISR) at Roswell Park
Comprehensive Cancer Center. For nearly two decades, the TISR at Roswell Park has been providing
customized scientific and technical preclinical imaging services on a fee for service basis to NIH funded
investigators at Roswell Park, the State University of New York at Buffalo and neighboring academic
institutions in Western New York. It is a heavily utilized by over 50 Roswell Park and UB faculty members who
are conducting basic and translational investigations in oncology and radiology. The existing 4.7T magnet was
purchased through a combination of institutional and state funds and was the first MR scanner installed in
WNY dedicated for preclinical research. Since 2001, TISR has catered to the imaging needs of 168 users, out
of whom 105 utilized the existing 4.7T MR scanner. However, this aging instrument has encountered two soft
quenches in the last 10 years, and has outdated electronics that lack upgrading capabilities. These limitations
pose a significant risk to faculty and research programs at the only NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer
Center in the state of New York outside of Manhattan. Another technical failure of the present ~20-year-old MR
scanner would be catastrophic and seriously jeopardize the conduct of active NIH/NCI funded research at
Roswell Park and prevent our faculty from pursuing new projects utilizing MRI for anatomic, functional and
molecular imaging of cancer. Acquisition of an upgraded instrument is therefore a critical need that will not only
enable TISR to meet the existing demand for this imaging technology but also facilitate further growth of TISR.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10176803
- **Project number:** 1S10OD030397-01
- **Recipient organization:** ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP
- **Principal Investigator:** Mukund Seshadri
- **Activity code:** S10 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $2,000,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10176803

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10176803, Acquisition of a 7T MR scanner for Translational Imaging Research at Roswell Park (1S10OD030397-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10176803. Licensed CC0.

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