Facility Radionuclide imaging

About our equipment

Two new radionuclide imaging systems were installed in PRIME: IRIS microPET/CT and MILabs microSPECT/CT. Radionuclide imaging relies on the radiotracer principle, where a small amount of a radioactive tracer (e.g. tumor-targeting peptide, therapeutic agent, metabolic substrate) is injected into the body to monitor a biological process in vivo. The scanners can be used for whole body, high resolution (0.1 - 1 mm), static or dynamic imaging in mice and rats.

More info about the imaging equipment:

• MILabs SPECT/CT
• IRIS PET/CT

Applications in PRIME

The PET/CT and SPECT/CT scanners in PRIME can be used for the following applications in mice and rats:

• imaging metabolic/biochemical processes;
• imaging receptor expression;
• imaging gene expression;
• imaging in vivo migration of cells.

The CT scanner (i.e. without PET or SPECT) can be used for the following applications in mice and rats:

• high resolution (20-40 µm) focused CT scans;
• medium resolution (140-200 µm) whole body CT scans;
• bone density measurements.