Welcome to Preclinical Imaging Core! Heading link

The Preclinical Imaging Core’s mission is to provide the highest preclinical imaging services for research and clinical excellence.

The Preclinical Imaging Core (PIC) facility aims to promote Small Animal Imaging for all researchers. Heading link

PIC facility, located in the NMRL building, houses:

  1. a 31cm bore size 9.4T Agilent MRI system that can provide the full support of MRS and MRI studies in small animals (including mice, rats, and rabbits).
  2. a 129Xe hyperpolarizing system that provides high-purity, hyperpolarized 129Xe for gas phase magnetic resonance studies (especially for lung disease research in humans and animals).
  3. two sets of isoflurane anesthesia systems, body temperature control, and vital signs monitoring systems.
  4. two sets of home-designed isolation chamber systems for infected animals and animals from extramural research projects.
  5. Multiple commercial and home-made RF probes to optimize task-oriented high-quality MRI.

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