# 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Basic, Translational and Clinical Research

> **NIH NIH S10** · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · 2021 · $2,000,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Weill Medical College of Cornell University (Weill Cornell Medicine, WCM) requests High-End Instrumentation
Grant Program support to purchase a state-of-the-art human whole-body seven Tesla (7T) magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) system as a Special Use Instrument (SUI; PAR-19-177). This 7T MRI is part of a
major WCM strategic investment in crucial imaging infrastructure needed to advance basic, translational and
clinical research. As ultrahigh field 7T offers supreme signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for MRI studies and supreme
signal for tissue magnetism studies, both that increase with MRI field strength, 7T MRI is a vital research tool
for our users to study devastating diseases of subtle pathologies in the vital brain and many other organs in the
body. We request this SUI 7T MRI of the highest clinically-available field strength for integrated biomedical
research and clinical practice, where the clinical practice will help overcome the prohibitive cost of purchasing,
installing, operating and maintaining a 7T MRI and, more importantly, will enhance translational and clinical
researches that are the foci of most our users. WCM is a world leader on biomedical research, and its long-
range goals include catching and curing diseases at their early stages. This SUI 7T MRI, with exquisite tissue
sensitivity to detect subtle changes at early stage of disease progression and therapy response, will contribute
significantly to our quest in understanding and treating various diseases, including neurodegeneration,
psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, stroke, osteoarthritis, inflammatory diseases, cancers, and vascular diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9940405
- **Project number:** 1S10OD027039-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
- **Principal Investigator:** Yi Wang
- **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 → 2025-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9940405

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9940405, 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Basic, Translational and Clinical Research (1S10OD027039-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9940405. Licensed CC0.

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