🏛 Facilities

The main lab is located at Ecole Polytechnique, 5th floor, biomedical engineering section (L5613, L5626).

Computer Lab (L5626)

NeuroPoly Computing Equipment

• ~ 15 iMac workstations (quad-core up to 3.4GHz, at least 16GB RAM)

• 1 data storage station (max 15TB) which is backed up nightly on another station (physically located elsewhere)

• 2 CPU clusters (64-core & 12-core Xeon Phi)

• 3 GPU clusters (8xP100 & 2xTesla).

Additional Computing Equipment

In addition, the lab has free access to:

• 2 CPU clusters located at the Geriatric Institute Research Center of the Université de Montréal (64-core & 24-core)

• CPU/GPU/Storage resources from Compute Canada (https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/accessing-resources/available-resources/).

Software

In terms of software license, being part of Polygrames Research Center and École Polytechique, NeuroPoly has access to multiple software for engineering, mathematical computing and simulations (http://www.grames.polymtl.ca/facilities/servers-information/).

RF Lab (L5613)

NeuroPoly has expertise in building radiofrequency (RF) coils for MRI applications. The infrastructure includes:

• Vector network analyzers (VNA)

  • Keysight PXIe 8-port

  • E5061B (100kHz-3GHz, full two-port S-parameters)

  • E5061A (300kHz-1.5GHz, two-port)

  • FieldFox N9923A (portable, shielded, full two-port S-parameters)

• Four DC sources

• Several multimeters, small capacitance meter, inductor meter, current probe

• Set of non-magnetic fixed and variable capacitors.

• PCB printing facilities (acid-based or routing machine)

• 3D printing:

  • Builder Premium Large Red (dual-feed build. Print volume: 205 x 215 x 600 mm)

  • Modix BIG-60 V3. Print volume: 600 X 600 X 660 mm

• License to ADS + CST

• Part of Poly-Grames and CREER.

MRI Facilities

3T Human

List of available scanners:

• 3T Prisma (Siemens) located at the Unité de Neuroimagerie Fonctionnelle.

  • Path to “Unité de Neuroimagerie Fonctionnelle”

• 3T Skyra (Siemens) located at Polytechnique Montreal (JAB building).

• 3T Skyra (Siemens) located at Montreal Heart Institute.

• 3T Cima.X (Siemens) located at CHU Sainte-Justine.

Features:

• Video projection system for functional MRI experiments.

• Physiological monitoring systems (Biopac).

• Non-commercial pulse sequences (for advanced diffusion, 2D-RF excitation, dynamic shimming, etc.).

• Unique 24-channel shimming system for the spinal cord MRI

• Air compressor

7T Human

List of available scanners:

• 7T Terra (Siemens) located at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre.

Features:

• Custom RF coil for research purposes 8 pTx & 20 Rx

7T Animal - Small Bore

• Varian/Agilent 7T MR system located at the Montreal Heart Institute.

• Gradients

  • 305/210 HD, Internal Diameter: 210 mm, 300 mT/m, 470 mT/m/ms

  • 205/120 HD, Internal Diameter: 120 mm, 600 mT/m, 4400 mT/m/ms

• Animal facilities (rats, mice, rabbits).

• Commercial and custom-made coils available.

  • 4ch Rx-only mouse coil (RapidMR), 32mm diameter.

• Access to histology for ex vivo scans.

• Wiki for coil dev / pulse seq programming / MR acquisition (login required + only accessible from campus/VPN)

64mT Human - Small Bore

• 64mT (Hyperfine Swoop) located at the CHU Sainte-Justine.