Manufacturing Completion of the Iseult Whole Body 11.7 T MRI System

The Iseult/Inumac project is a French-German initiative focused on very high magnetic-field molecular imaging. That project includes a Whole Body 11.7 T MRI magnet that will equip Neurospin, a neuroscience research center operating at CEA Saclay since November 2006. After seven years of activities, the fabrication has been successfully completed in Belfort by GE Power. The Iseult magnet was delivered to CEA in May 2017 and the final commissioning has started. This paper deals with the last manufacturing steps and the final factory tests. An overall status of the commissioning and tests of the ancillary equipment at the site is also presented, as well as a brief summary of the next steps to reach the nominal field of 11.75 T.