Dedicated low-field MRI in mice.
Phys Med Biol
; 54(17): 5287-99, 2009 Sep 07.
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ABSTRACT
The rationale of this work is to point out the relevance of in vivo MR images of mice obtained using a dedicated low-field system. For this purpose a small 0.1 T water-cooled electro-magnet and solenoidal radio frequency (RF) transmit-receive coils were used. All MR images were acquired in three-dimensional (3D) mode. An isolation cell was designed allowing easy placement of the RF coils and simple delivery of gaseous anesthesia as well as warming of the animal. Images with and without contrast agent were obtained in total acquisition times on the order of half an hour to four hours on normal mice as well as on animals bearing tumors. Typical in plane pixel dimensions range from 200 x 200 to 500 x 500 microm(2) with slice thicknesses ranging between 0.65 and 1.50 mm. This work shows that, besides light installation and low cost, dedicated low-field MR systems are suitable for small rodents imaging, opening this technique even to small research units.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Animals
Idioma:
En
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Phys Med Biol
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article