A Siemens Tim Trio research system with a magnetic field strength of 3 T and a bore diameter of 60 cm was delivered in July 2006. This scanner is mainly used for functional imaging studies performed by groups of our institute as well as external collaborators. It is capable of signal reception on 32 channels simultaneously for parallel imaging and is equipped with 40mT/m gradients with a slew rate of 200 T/m/s. In addition, the scanner has a secondary broadband amplifier for excitation of nuclei other than protons.