Animal Imaging Service—TriFoil FLECT and Mediso CT Small Animal Imaging System

CD BioSciences' animal imaging technology platform has multiple state-of-the-art instruments to study cardiovascular function, skeletal morphology, metabolism, and more by performing ultrasound and computed tomography imaging on live animals. Our TriFoil FLECT and Mediso CT Small Animal Imaging System-based animal imaging service is the right choice for you.

Name of the Instrument/Platform

TriFoil FLECT and Mediso CT Small Animal Imaging System

Introduction

FLECT and CT technical specifications
1. 42 frequency excitation options
2. Up to 16 light filtration options
3. FLECT system capable of imaging in the range of ~500-870 nm
4. Individualised animal tissue heterogeneity map for compensation/correction of attenuation of photons based on CT image
5. Deep tissue algorithms for fluorescence recovery based on individualised geometry of each animal
6. Ability to use plug-in imaging cells compatible with MRI, and to fuse FLECT, CT and MRI images
7. Configured with 'InVivoScope' control and analysis software

Feature Highlights

1. In vivo optical imaging with uniform sensitivity and resolution throughout the object
2. Images of deep tissue phenomena without loss of image quality or quantitative accuracy
3. X-ray CT provides co-registered images for anatomical correlation that significantly improve the segmentation and resolution of the optical images

Applications

1. Oncology
2. Immunology
3. Tracking near-infrared dyes (NIR) in vivo
4. Cell trafficking-NirFP

Technical Capabilities

1. Imaging of rodent animal models with axial and transaxial fields of view of 38 mm and 100 mm (mice)
2. Full true 3-dimensional tomographic imaging of fluorescent NIR dyes
3. Measures near infrared fluorescence inside a small animal (typically a mouse).
4. Works best in hairless or white mice
5. No radioactivity required for imaging
6. Measure cells labelled with NirFP

If you need to perform imaging studies on animals such as mice, please contact us directly for details.

For research use only, not intended for any clinical use.

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