Service Core
The Small Animal MRI Core Facility is funded and operated under the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC). Our facility provides a variety of small-animal MRI services to investigators within the UNC as well as outside academic institutions and industries. Please contact us today to request service or meet us to learn about our service.
Bruker 9.4T/30-cm Lab
The Bruker Biospec 9.4T/30-cm horizontal bore animal MRI system is a shared instrumentation funded to UNC BRIC by NIH S10RR019924. This system is now equipped with a top-of-the-line 12-cm RRI gradient insert (1000 mT/m, and 120 µs 5-95% rise time) and various types of RF coils for high resolution imaging. In 2020, CAMRI received an NIMH Instrumentation Award S10MH124745 to upgrade the console of this system to the Bruker AVANCE NEO.
A brand new Bruker Biospec 9.4T/20-cm horizontal bore animal MRI system with a 4-ch rat brain cryoprobe will be installed in 2021, supported by NIH S10OD026796 and NC Biotech.
Service Protocols
