The University of Queensland’s Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) contains a comprehensive range of imaging technologies and expertise to enable novel small and large animal research.
The Centre’s pre-clinical animal systems provide access to image analysis for cells, tissues, small animals and multi-modal imaging. Our comprehensive range of imaging technologies and expertise enable novel small and large animal research.
The primary capabilities of CAI's animal facilities are structure, function and molecular imaging in live animal, fixed tissue or materials. The imaging equipment is contained in a PC2 facility with animal holding facilities, anaesthetics, and tissue and sample preparation facilities.
Access to the CAI animal imaging facilities is available on a fee basis. The following services are available:
- Planning for in vivo projects
- Animal anaesthesia, surgery and holding rooms
- Development of novel hardware and sequence development
- MR coils for imaging of mouse and rat head and body
- Reconstruction and analysis of static or dynamic image data
- Kinetic modelling of dynamic image data
For more information about using the CAI animal imaging facilities contact the Facility Manager.