| The IVI EPI sequences developed at TMII and CMRR (University of Minnesota) are now available for use at other institutions on compatible Siemens scanners by C2P agreement with TMII, CMRR (University of Minnesota), and Siemens.
These sequences and the accompanying reconstructions are being actively developed as key components of optic nerve and spinal cord imaging in Dr. Junqian Xu’s lab. |
The available sequence variants and supported software versions are listed below. If you are interested in obtaining these sequences, please provide relevant information to Dr. Junqian Xu for the MSIP C2P agreement, while the CMRR C2P instructions and agreement can be found on this page at the UMN Office for Technology Commercialization. Once you have executed both C2P agreements, please register an account on this TMII website and send us your account username. The sequence binaries can then be downloaded here by selecting the desired release number.
Note to users: If you have noticed a bug or have a request for a new feature in a future release, please open a new support request with “IVI” at the beginning of the subject line”. Be sure to include the sequence version number (e.g. VB17A R001), sequence variant (e.g. diffusion), and the model of scanner you are using in the problem description.
Security concerns: The sequences and software are developed in a firewalled environment, the web server is regularly checked for network vulnerabilities, and the downloadable files here are regularly scanned for viruses. To detect unexpected changes, the downloads available here are regularly checked remotely against baseline checksums stored on the remote machine. Also, Siemens provides virus software for their scanners. You can confirm that you have downloaded a valid version correctly by comparing a md5sum of the downloaded file with these checksums.
Download IVI EPI 2D DIFF Sequences:
| Development Release R002 | |
| Released 01 September 2015 Expires 1 January 2016 Release Notes R002a |
 Release R002a for VB17A (build 01-September-2015) |
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- Xu J, Shimony JS, Klawiter EC, Snyder AZ, Trinkaus K, Naismith RT, Benzinger TLS, Cross AH, Song SK. Improved in vivo diffusion tensor imaging of human cervical spinal cord. NeuroImage, 67, 64-76, 2013. [PubMed]