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NIMS Transition to Flywheel: Part One

BACKGROUND When planning the CNI we committed to providing the community with data management services. As many of you know, most MRI centers do little more than hand the user a DVD at the end of the session, and wish them well. CNI users are supported much more extensively. Data acquired on our scanner are… Read more NIMS Transition to Flywheel: Part One

2017 Recap and Upcoming at CNI

As we embark on a new year (Happy New Year!), the CNI team would like to take a moment to highlight some of the things that happened last year and to preview some of the things we’re working on for 2018. Looking back at 2017 Personnel Changes In May we said farewell to Bob Dougherty,… Read more 2017 Recap and Upcoming at CNI

High Order Shim Errors (UPDATE)

Gary Glover kindly shared his fix for this issue and we have installed it on the CNI scanner. So you no longer need to worry about the HO Shim checkbox described below. Your shims will be preserved regardless of the checkbox state (although it doesn’t hurt to have it checked).   Hello CNI users, After… Read more High Order Shim Errors (UPDATE)

Lululemon clothes: MRI safe?

This recently came across to us, so we thought we would pass it on and remind users of the importance of having subjects be aware of their clothing and suggest that they change into scrubs prior to getting in the scanner if there are any concerns. “The comfortable, stretch, barely-there yoga pants all girls know… Read more Lululemon clothes: MRI safe?

New 'MR Unsafe' contact lens, Triggerfish, used to monitor intraocular pressure

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Triggerfish (Sensimed AG, http://www.sensimed.ch/en/) contact lens sensor that provides an automated recording of continuous eye pressure changes over the course of 24 hours. “The Triggerfish gives the clinician 24-hour continuous monitoring of changes in [intraocular pressure (IOP)] patterns that otherwise could not be obtained,” William… Read more New 'MR Unsafe' contact lens, Triggerfish, used to monitor intraocular pressure

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to the CNI blog! We plan to use this format to share with the CNI user community information about our activities. We are excited to begin and to help communicate between the CNI staff and users. If you have questions or would like to suggest post topics please let us know. Some topics we’ll be focusing on are:… Read more Welcome to the blog!