Improved small animal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners introduced by IntelLiDrives

In research into human diseases and the search for potential treatments, small animal models play an important role in bridging the gap between in vitro and in vivo studies. IntelLiDrive is at the forefront of small animal PET tomography scanner design.

In research requiring imaging techniques of small animals and specimens, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is perfect for the measurement of highly specific molecular interactions (e.g., glucose uptake, target-receptor binding, etc.).

IntelLiDrives small animal PET tomography scanners are constructed specifically for imaging living subject rodents for pre-clinical research and the clinical diagnostic and to enable new drug discovery in academic and pharmaceutical research.

IntelLiDrives large center aperture Planar ServoRing Series rotary tables enable researchers in academia, pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations to develop medical devices and techniques to support such research with fully conscious and mobile rodents without the confounding effects of anesthesia.

Most current research and commercial small animal SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) scanner designs have limitations caused by non-ideal vertical orientation for animal imaging and may potentially interfere with the animal's physiology and the distribution of the SPECT radiopharmaceutical.

To solve these problems the latest generation scanner architecture uses IntelLiDrives large aperture rotary tables to independently rotate gamma cameras and detached pinholes collimators. In these scanners the animal is imaged in a horizontal orientation and rotary table large center aperture allows un-restrained animal moves in the axial direction through the aperture relative to rotating gamma camera detectors and collimator.

For More information please contact IntelLiDrive:

IntelLiDrives, Inc.
8510 Bustleton Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19152

phone: (215) 728-6804

fax:      (215) 745-9459

e-mail: [email protected]

web site: www.intellidrives.com