🏛 Facilities¶

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

Computer Lab¶

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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¶

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NeuroPoly has expertise in building radiofrequency (RF) coils for MRI applications. This RF lab is part of TransMedTech’s technology platform. The infrastructure includes:

Three network analyzers
- 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.

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¶