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BRIC is hosting the 3rd Triangle Imaging Symposium

September 13, 2017
The 3rd Triangle Imaging Symposium will be hosted by the BRIC on April 18, 2018. Please mark your calendar. (Click Title to read more)

The New Animal PET/CT System

September 13, 2017
The Small Animal Imaging facility will be getting a new PET/CT System in October. The system is funded by a recently awarded NIH high-end instrumentation (HEI) S10 grant (S10-OD023611-01, PI: Zibo Li, PhD). The new system will replace the old GE eXplore Vista PET/CT system, and is expected to have...

Visualizing Congenital Heart Disease In Utero Using Ultrasound

September 13, 2017
Carrie Wilczewski, of Dr. Frank Conlon’s lab, is conducting studies that focus on visualizing and quantifying alterations in heart development in embryonic models of congenital heart disease. (Click Title to read more)

Imaging Rate Adjustment for External Studies

September 13, 2017
Due to the adjustments on the ºÚÁÏÍø facilities and administrative (F&A) cost (increased from 52% to 55.5%), our external imaging rates will be increased accordingly. This will affect external users for future studies. Our imaging rates for internal users have not changed. These rates go into effect immediately.

Large Animal Imaging Capabilities

September 13, 2017
The SAI facility has developed an IACUC protocol for the core to image on large animals (dogs, cats, pigs, and non-human-primates). We have successfully conducted several PET/CT and PET/MRI studies on dogs, pigs and rhesus macaques. For more information including transportation, housing, SOPs, etc, please contact Dr. Hong Yuan (yuanh@med.unc.edu).

Publications Using Imaging Services and Acknowledgement

September 13, 2017
Please always include our Cancer Core Grant support in you acknowledgement. We also need your help to update our publication records with your imaging work done in the core. To go to our online publication entry form. (Click Title to read more)

Imaging on BSL2 animals

September 13, 2017
The SAI facility has established a SOP for imaging on BSL2 animals within the imaging labs. Requests for imaging BSL2 animals must be made prior to imaging studies. (Click Title to read more)

Animal Transportation in Marsico Hall

September 13, 2017
Users who bring animals for imaging must strictly follow the ºÚÁÏÍø animal transportation policy. Animal cages MUST be covered using an opaque sheet during transportation to avoid public exposure. For users who need to bring animals from other animal facilities, please cover the animal cages completely and come to the...

CFAC support to SAI Facility

December 19, 2016
The SAI Facility recently received a grant from CFAC.

New PET imaging probes

December 16, 2016
The BRIC Cyclotron core makes more PET imaging probes for research studies.