Here you will find descriptions, images, and links to vendors of the various instrumentation the lab features, as well as some pictures of the lab.
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Macrotome
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
Leica CM3600 is a fully computerized cryomicrotome for whole-body sectioning. |
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microSPECT/CT
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
Imtek/Siemens MicroCAT II/SPECT system (purchased and donated to the imaging facility by Philips Medical). |
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microSPECT/CT
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
SPECT-CT scanner with high energy-resolution CZT detectors and multipin-hole collimators. Fast fly CT scanner allows 1 minute whole mouse scans at 170µm resolution. |
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Microtome
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
"Microm 550M" Cryostat microtome. |
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Ultrasound
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
VisualSonics Vevo 770 high-resolution ultrasound micro-imaging system. See also Dr. Stuart Foster's talk entitled "Small Animal Micro-Imaging using High-Resolution Ultrasound". |
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Ultrasound
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
VisualSonics Vevo 2100 high-frequency, high-resolution digital imaging platform with linear array technology and Color Doppler. |
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Aspect M2™ Compact High-Performance MRI Platform
[ Vendor | Product Page |App & Tech Notes ]
1 Tesla Horizontal Bore (220 mm X 100 mm) permanent magnet with no fringe field
Field of view (FOV): 90 mm Diameter x 60 mm Height
Gradients: 500 mT/M = 50G/cm; 2500 T/m/s
Multiple Solenoid Coils: 35 mm, or 60 mm inner diameter
Gradient Echo, Spin Echo, Fast Spin Echo (T1 or T2 Weighted), and Echo Planar Imaging. |
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Discovery MR901 System
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
7.0T, actively shielded; Bore diameter - 310mm
Gradients: (120mm ID, 600mT/m, 6000T/m/s; and) 210mm ID, 300mT/m, 1000T/m/s
8 Receive channels; 1MHz at 16 bits per channel
GE's Pulse sequence code (adapted from ESE 14M5a) is on lcmr2 in /7T_14_animal_psd and Agilent's further customized code is in /Psd_7TAnimal_Stanford |
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Computer/Administration Area
[ Online Instrument Scheduling ]
5 workstations running both Windows and Apple for data analysis. |
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PIM
[ Olympus Product Page | Hamamatsu Product Page ]
Bioluminescent imaging microscope consisting of an Olympus LV200 with Hamamatsu ImagEM C9100-14 camera. |
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IVIS 200, 100 (2), Spectrum
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
Xenogen IVIS 200 (top), 2 IVIS 100 Imaging Systems (bottom left) & IVIS Spectrum Imaging System (not shown). |
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Maestro
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
CRi Maestro spectral fluorescent imager |
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Time-domain fluorescence Imagers
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
ART Optix MX2 Time Domain Optical Imager |
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Login Computer
[ Online Instrument Scheduling ]
Instruments in the imaging facility may be reserved from any web-based computer. |
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microCT -
[ Vendor | Product Page ]
Gamma Medica eXplore CT 120. |
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PAM
[ Vendor | PAM | Prostation ]
Portable Anesthesia Machine. Each imaging system is set up with a dedicated isoflurane vaporizer to maintain the animals under anesthesia during imaging. In addition, three surgical/procedure benches are available with anesthesia and heated Prostation workstations. |
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microPET - [ Vendor | Product Page | What is microPET? ]
Siemens R4 microPET. |
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microPET-CT - [ Vendors | Product Page]
Siemens Inveon PET-CT with large field CT scanner. |
