Resources

Small Animal Imaging Resources

Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging: The state-of-the-art imaging center is located in the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Building. All imaging rooms have built-in anesthetic gas scavenging systems. The facility also houses a biomedical cyclotron and chemistry facilities (hot and cold) for contrast agent development. There is a dedicated holding room with microisolator cages for housing animals undergoing longitudinal imaging studies and a procedure room for animal preparation and minor surgery. The center is staffed with experts in animal handling and physiology (for anesthesia, tracer injection, animal monitoring, etc.) and imaging (scanner operation, data handling and analysis, data backup and archival). The center is operated on a recharge basis.

Large Animal Imaging Resources

Center for Imaging Sciences: The Center for Imaging Sciences is housed within and is integrated with the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to defined imaging research space, the center has immediate access to supply, pharmacy and other ancillary resources within the hospital. The center occasionally uses the services of photographers, computer graphics artists and computer support personnel hired by the hospital and recharged at an hourly fee. The facility also contains institutionally approved housing for companion animal research subjects. 

Services that the center provides include diagnostic radiology, X-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic ultrasound, radiation therapy, interventional radiology and image analysis for in vitro and animal research. Current research includes, but is not limited to, development and testing of novel contrast media, evaluation of new diagnostic imaging methods, development and testing of new imaging technologies, analyzing kinetics of new pharmaceuticals in animal models, development and testing of novel implantable devices, and monitoring the effects of new therapeutic approaches.

Human Imaging Resources

EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center: The EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center is housed within the UC Davis School of Medicine. The center has fully-equipped hot-labs with dose calibrators, well counters, and storage and handling facilities for unsealed sources. The imaging suite contains a CT injection system to provide contrast-enhanced CT imaging as well as an ultrasound imaging system to assist with arterial line placement. There is a fully-equipped metabolite lab containing a centrifuge, gamma counter, and a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) unit. Expertise in the analysis of human imaging is also available.