CT Facility:
Ø GE 16-slice Light Speed Pro: Dedicated research scanner used primarily for Human Clinical Research subjects. It is possible to do non-human primates and to a lesser degree, smaller animals, including rodents. Spatial resolution is sub- millimeter.
MRI Facility:
Ø GE Twin Speed 1.5T MR Scanner with EXCITE Technology, operates at Echo speed: Dedicated research scanner used primarily for Human Clinical Research subjects. It is possible to do non-human primates and to a lesser degree, smaller animals. Scanner is also earmarked for MRI software and hardware development. Spatial resolution is sub-millimeter.
PET Facility:
Ø Concord MicroPET Scanner: Dedicated animal scanner with a spatial resolution of 2.0mm. It is presently used for rodents and non-human primates.
Ø GE Advance NXi PET Scanner: Dedicated research scanner for scanning Human Clinical Research subjects as well as non-human primate imaging. The spatial resolution is 4.25mm.
Ø Available Radiopharmaceuticals:
FDG – Metabolic imaging ligand
FCP – Dopamine D2 receptor imaging ligand
FCT – Dopamine transporter imaging ligand
FBT – Cholinergic imaging ligand
DASB – Serotonin transporter imaging ligand
Fallypride – Dopamine D2 receptor imaging ligand.
Informatics:
Ø Two (2) GE Advantage Workstations: These are dedicated 4-dimensional workstations used for post-image acquisition data manipulation, including temporal analysis of three-dimensional data sets (human or non-human).
Ø TeraRecon: TeraRecon, Inc. - Aquarius Workstations and the AquariusNET Server / Thin Client system. TeraRecon's advanced Aquarius systems provide real-time 3D and 4D manipulation of medical imaging scan data for physicians and researchers from any location within the enterprise. These state-of-the-art image processing tools provide a wide variety of visualization and quantification tools for use in the analysis of medical imaging data and the planning of therapy.
Animal Imaging (MicroMR):
Ø Bruker 7.0 T MRI Scanner with a 30cm. bore: Dedicated small animal, predominantly murine, scanner with sub-millimeter spatial resolution. The scanner is located within the Nutrition Research Center.
Located at the Piedmont Triad Research Park:
Ø Toshiba Aquilion 32 Fast Whole Body Ct Scanner: Dedicated for animal scanning; this scanner is the most advanced 32-slice CT scanner available.
Ø Siemens MicroCAT: Dedicated for small animal scanning.