University of California, Davis

Contact Info:

Abhijit Chaudhari/Lorenzo Nardo/Allison Zwingenberger

CMGI - Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility

Davis, CA 95616

https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/research/sharedresources/animalimaging.html

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_023589

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

Computed Tomography (CT)

In-vivo Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Molecular Imaging

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Ultrasonic Imaging

Relevant Publications:

1.) Choen S, Kent MS, Chaudhari AJ, Cherry SR, Krtolica A, Zwingenberger AL (2023 Feb). Kinetic Evaluation of the Hypoxia Radiotracers [(18)F]FMISO and [(18)F]FAZA in Dogs with Spontaneous Tumors Using Dynamic PET/CT Imaging. Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 57(1), 16-25. . ID: 36643946.

2.) Choen S, McLarty EM, Pascoe P, Zwingenberger AL (2022 Feb 16). Positive-pressure breath-hold positron emission tomography/computed tomography is feasible for respiratory-induced artifact reduction in healthy dogs. American journal of veterinary research, 83(5), 405-411. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.21.08.0102. ID: 35175931.

3.) Willcox JL, Spriet M, Zwingenberger AL, Phillips KL, Burton JH, Skorupski KA, Hansen KS, Affolter VK, Woolard KD, Beylin D, Giuffrida MA (2021 Sep). Evaluation of accuracy for (18) F-FDG positron emission tomography and computed tomography for detection of lymph node metastasis in canine oral malignant melanoma. Veterinary and comparative oncology, 19(3), 463-472. doi: 10.1111/vco.12651. ID: 32892513.

4.) Wilson S, Culp WTN, Wisner ER, Cissell DD, Finn JP, Zwingenberger AL (2021 Jul). Ferumoxytol-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography provides comparable vascular conspicuity to CT angiography in dogs with intrahepatic portosystemic shunts. Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association, 62(4), 463-470. doi: 10.1111/vru.12963. ID: 33634935.

Description:

The In vivo Translational Imaging Shared Resource, or IVTISR, provides access to a broad range of in vivo imaging technologies including molecular imaging, optical imaging, quantitative physiologic and anatomic imaging, and whole-body PET/CT scanning in humans and animals. It also provides targeted imaging probes and tracers as well as expertise in planning, executing and analyzing in vivo imaging studies. The resource can support imaging studies in small animals, large animals and humans. This resource is located in three adjacent buildings in the Health Sciences district of the Davis campus: 1 - Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging (CMGI), Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility (small-animal imaging) 2 - Center for Imaging Sciences (CIS), Veterinary School (large-animal imaging) 3 - EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center; School of Medicine (human imaging) In vivo Translational Imaging Shared Resource is part of UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center.