{"id":3444,"date":"2014-06-11T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/small-animal-imaging\/sai-modalities\/9-4t-mri\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T23:16:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T03:16:18","slug":"camri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/camri\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Animal MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2020\/10\/Banner-Small-Animal-MRI-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Small Animal MRI Core Facility is funded and operated under the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC). Our facility provides a wide variety of small animal MRI services to investigators within or outside UNC.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Bruker Biospec 9.4T\/30-cm<\/strong> horizontal bore animal MRI system is a shared instrumentation funded to UNC BRIC by NIH <strong>S10RR019924<\/strong>. This system is now equipped with a top-of-the-line 12-cm RRI gradient insert (1000 mT\/m, and 120 \u00b5s 5-95% rise time) and various types of RF coils for high resolution imaging. In 2020, CAMRI received an NIMH Instrumentation Award <strong>S10MH124745<\/strong> to upgrade the console of this system to the Bruker AVANCE NEO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A brand new Bruker Biospec 9.4T\/20-cm horizontal bore animal MRI system<\/strong> with a <strong>4-ch rat brain cryoprobe<\/strong> will be installed in 2021, supported by NIH <strong>S10OD026796<\/strong> and NC Biotech.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding: 20px 20px 20px 10px;width: 100%;background-color: #c92a29;font-weight: bold;color: #ffffff\">[3\/18\/2020] The Small Animal MRI Core remains open and will continue to serve studies as scheduled. In the meantime, we are monitoring the COVID-19 condition closely and will evaluate the feasibility of accepting new study requests on a case by case basis. Please feel free to contact us at\u00a0<a title=\"mailto:camri@unc.edu\" href=\"mailto:camri@unc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">camri@unc.edu<\/a>\u00a0should you have any questions.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#F5F5F5;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground horz-menu\">\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/camri\/about-9-4t-mri\/\">Bruker 9.4T\/30-cm Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/camri\/study-initiation\/\">Study Initiation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:camri@unc.edu\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>News<\/h2>\n<div id=\"myCarousel\" class=\"carousel slide\" data-ride=\"carousel\">\n      <ol class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n        <li data-target=\"#myCarousel\" data-slide-to=\"0\" class=\"active\"><\/li>\n        <li data-target=\"#myCarousel\" data-slide-to=\"1\" class=\"\"><\/li>\n        <li data-target=\"#myCarousel\" data-slide-to=\"2\" class=\"\"><\/li>\n      <\/ol>\n        <div class=\"carousel-inner\" role=\"listbox\">\n\n        <div class=\"item  active\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"photograph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/small-animal-imaging-receives-new-spect-ct\/\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2025\/04\/Mediso-NanoScan-800x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"\">    <\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h3 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/small-animal-imaging-receives-new-spect-ct\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"New SPECT\/CT Imaging System\">New SPECT\/CT Imaging System<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <p><p>The Small Animal Imaging Facility recently added a new imaging system, nanoScan SPECT\/CT, to its modality suite.\u00a0 The system is designed and manufactured by Mediso Ltd, an industry leader in the development of preclinical imaging systems.\u00a0 The new imaging system replaces our legacy SPECT\/CT system and will provide enhanced SPECT\/CT imaging capabilities to the entire &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/small-animal-imaging-receives-new-spect-ct\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New SPECT\/CT Imaging System\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                            <div class=\"slide-btn-primary\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/small-animal-imaging-receives-new-spect-ct\/\">Read Story<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"item \">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"photograph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/flat-panel-imaging-now-available-at-bric-sai\/\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/2025\/03\/On-cell-Western-Blot-729x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"\">    <\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h3 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bric\/flat-panel-imaging-now-available-at-bric-sai\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Flat panel imaging now available at BRIC SAI\">Flat panel imaging now available at BRIC SAI<\/a><\/h3>\n                            <p><p>The Sapphire Biomolecular Imager (Azure Biosystems Inc.) is a tabletop imaging system capable of providing near-infra-red (NIR) fluorescent imaging and phosphor imaging. 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