Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
MRI is the method-of-choice for non-invasive assessment of soft tissue pathology and function.
We are equipped with 3 high-field MRI systems suitable for small animal imaging:
- 4.7 Tesla with 150 mm imaging volume (Bruker Avance III)
- 7.0 Tesla with 80 mm imaging volume (Varian VNMRS)
- 9.4 Tesla with 60 mm imaging volume (Varian VNMRS)
We have a locally-developed suite of animal handling apparatus, including physiological maintenance and gating controls that are compatible across all MRI scanners, as well as the SPECT(PET)-CT and SARRP systems.
In addition to the conventional scan modes, several locally-developed high- resolution scans are available including cardio-respiratory gated T1/T2 weighted scans and respiratory gated, constant TR, 2D multi slice scans.
Applications enabled by these scans include whole-body DCE-MRI, MR image-guided radiotherapy of abdominal tumours and high resolution detection of lung tumours.
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Whole body DCE |
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Xenograft tumour DCEImage in collaboration with Ruth Muschel group |
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Lung tumour imagingImage in collaboration with Anderson Ryan group |
