National Imaging Facility Nodes

Queensland

The University of Queensland Node:    

Preclinical Multimodal Imaging, Ultra-high Field MRI & Imaging Informatics

  • Flagship instrument: Wholebody 7T MRI scanner (expected acquisition 2012) 
  • Flagship instrument: Preclinical combined MR-PET (expected acquisition 2012) 
  • High-field 9.4T MRI animal system (expected acquisition 2012) 
  • Small animal 7T MRI scanner
  • Small animal PET-CT
  • Small animal 16.4 T MRI scanner
  • 3T MR whole body scanner 
  • 4T MR whole body scanner
  • For further information on the UQ Node please click here.

New South Wales

The University of Sydney Node:

Tracer Based Molecular Imaging & Radioligand Development

  • Flagship instrument: Research Cyclotron
  • Radiochemistry Hotcells & Synthesis Units
  • Small Animal & primate brain PET
  • Small Animal PET/CT
  • Small Animal CT
  • Small Animal PET/SPECT/CT
  • 3T Clinical MRI
  • Autoradiography
  • Beta Microprobe
  • Biodistribution Laboratory
  • Image Analysis & Biomodelling Laboratory
  • For further information on the USYD Node please click here.

University of New South Wales Node:

Integrated Animal Imaging Facility 

  • 3T MR whole body scanner
  • IVIS lumina live imaging
  • Faxitron X-ray
  • Vevo 770 Ultrasound microimaging
  • Skyscan1072 Micro CT 
  • For further information on the UNSW Node please click here. 

University of Western Sydney Node:

MR Microscopy Facility

  • 11.7T MR scanner
  • 7T MR scanner  
  • For further information on the UWS Node please click here. 

South Australia

Large Animal Research & Imaging Facility (LARIF) Node:

  • Flagship instrument: 1.5T MRI   
  • Hologic Dual X-ray Absorptiometer
  • Angiography suite/ Image instensifer 
  • For further information on the LARIF Node please click here.

Victoria

University of Melbourne Node:

Integrated Small Animal Facility  

Florey Neuroscience Institutes Node:

Integrated Small Animal Facility

  • 4.7T MR scanner  
  • For further information on the FNI Node please click here.

Monash University Node:

Integrated Small Animal Facility

  • For further information on the Monash Node please click here. 

Swinburne University of Technology Node:

  • 3T MR scanner 
  • 316 channel MEG system
  • For further information on the Swinburne Node please click here.

Western Australia

University of Western Australia:

  • IVIS Lumina II multispectral imager with bioluminescence detection capabilities
  • CRI Maestro 2 multispectral imager with fluorescence detection capabilities
  • Skyscan 1176 in vivo X-ray micro-CT system
  • Access to optical and confocal imaging is also available 
  • For further information on the UWA Node please click here.

 

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