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Animal Research Projects

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Diffusion Tensor imaging 1 — Diffusion Tensor imaging used to evaluate grey and white matter in rodent brain. Upper left – Mean Diffusivity. Upper right – Fractional Anisotropy (FA). Lower left – directionally color-coded FA. Lower right – T2 weighted.

stroke in a mouse brain — T2* images acquired with a cryocoil to detect stroke in a mouse brain.

beating mouse heart — Black blood images of a beating mouse heart acquired with the mouse heart 2x2 array coil.

rat spine — Variety of proton density, T2, fractional anisotropy (FA) map, and colored FA map images of a rat spine acquired using a 2x2 receiver array.

Pilot Funding

Internal Research Support grants are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research to assist investigators in accelerating their research programs.

Available Funding

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