The UMass Chan Radio Labeling Small Animal Imaging Core Facility was established in early 2008 to serve the UMass Chan and extramural research community by providing state-of-the-art small animal imaging. Currently this includes consultation services to assist researchers in designing imaging studies that are appropriate for their goals, limited labeling services and data acquisition and analysis.
Our RLASTIC core lab has best-in-class equipment and provides a comprehensive list of services to both the internal and external research community, including: (1) Single Photon Computerized Tomography (SPECT), (2) Positron Emission Computerized Tomography (PET), (3) X-Ray Computerized Tomography (CT) and (4) NIR optical imaging of small animals.
This image is an example of the pharmacokinetic data obtainable from a single animal, in this case imaged on the NanoSPECT/CT camera with image quantiation of three acquisitions. Typical projections of one tomographic acquisition obtained on the NanoSPECT/CT camera of a tumored mouse receiving a radiolabeled agent and imaged at 3 hr post injection.