20  Icon System Manual T02985_02_03
 
MRI System Overview 
 
 
 
2.7.2  Magnet mounted RF Coil 
As an alternative to the animal bed mounted RF Coils, the ICON can be equipped with an 
RF Coil mounted from the rear side of the instrument. For further information refer to section 
5.2.3.2 and Technical Documentation/Components/ RF Coils/Rat Body 60 mm RF Coil. 
  1H transmit/receive rat body coil, inner diameter: 60 mm 
 
 
Figure 2.11: Rat body RF Coil, inner diameter 60 mm 
2.8  Operating Console 
The host computer is the operating console to control the MR system. It works with 
the  LINUX  operating  system.  The  ParaVision  software  is  used  to  set  up,  acquire, 
process and visualize MRI imaging data. Please refer to the operating instructions  of 
ParaVision for a detailed software description. 
 
 
The LCD  monitor is attached to  the host computer  and must  be  switched on  or  off 
separately. 
The MR system is equipped with a standard keyboard and a two-button wheel mouse. 
Do not install other than Bruker released programs on the host computer. The 
functionality and performance of ParaVision might be disturbed.