Translational Imaging Center

Innenansicht des sitem-insel Gebäude

The Center is part of the Insel Gruppe and is supported by sitem-insel, the University of Bern, and Siemens Healthineers. It enables translational imaging research ranging from molecular chemistry and physics to applied human-oriented research and employs advanced magnetic resonance imaging.

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Profile

  • MR methodology
  • MR imaging at 3 and 7 T in radiology and neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neurology, radiation oncology, cardiology, metabolism and diabetology, psychiatry, psychology, and veterinary medicine
  • MRI services and consulting for basic and clinical research and clinical imaging
  • Translational research with industry partners
  • Continuous education in MR imaging

External Partners

Selected partners are:

  • Siemens Healthineers
  • University of Vienna
  • University of Geneva

Grants

A selection of ongoing projects:

  • BISS – Bernese Intracranial Stenosis Study. Project number 200668. Mirjam Heldner.
  • SWISS SECOND - the impact of disease activity on secondary brain alterations in epilepsy patients five years after the first seizure. Project number 10005008. Roland Wiest, Richard Mckinley, and Piotr Radojewski.
  • Targeting Intracellular Potassium in Volunteers and Patients with Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease by Ultra-High Field MR Imaging and Spectroscopy at 7T. Project number 10004899. Peter Vermathen.
  • Quantitative magnetic resonance biopsies: Exploiting signal asymmetries for next-generation noninvasive biomarker mapping. Project number 194296. Jessica Bastiaansen.
  • Exploring the role of the prefrontal cortex in remembering and forgetting. Project number 218252. Jessica Peter.
  • MISSION Deuterium Metabolic imaging of the brain at ultra high field MRI: feasibility study of spectroscopic methods for exploration of brain metabolism without ionizing radiation. Project number 2007997. Johannes Slotboom.