microCT Imaging Resources

Sample Scan / Volume Files-
Mouse Ankle Joint (21um voxels)
Mouse Knee Joint (21um voxels)
Mouse Lower Leg (103um voxels)
Mouse Tibia (27um voxels)
Mouse Skull (27um voxels)
Mouse Skull (46 um)
Mouse Skull (93 um, 28 MB)

 

Visualization Freeware:

2D SliceViewer software (requires less memory than the 3D MicroView software)

Amide
BioImage
Deskvox
MicroView
MRIco
OsiriX
SciRun
Simian
Slicer
Teem

Optical Imaging Resources:

Interesting Articles on Reporter Mice-
Nagy Lab DsRed-MST CRE/LOX Reporter Constantini Lab eYFP Reporter
Kaelin Lab Luciferase Reporter

 

General Links:

A Mouse MRI Atlas
Animals Isolators
GreeheyCCRI's Model of CT
Image Gallery
Imaging Facility Flyer
Molecular Imaging
Overview of Small Animal Imaging
University of Utah's MicroCT Facility also founded by Dr. Charles Keller

 

Noteworthy Reviews

Molecular Imaging (Massoud & Gambhir)
Molecular Imaging (Gross & Piwnica-Worms)

 

Books

A Color Atlas of Sectional Anatomy of the Mouse - ISBN:4-900659-58-4
Atlas of Human Cross-sectional Anatomy - ISBN:0-471-59165-3

 

Interesting Articles

Myocardial MicroCT
MicroCT Functional Imaging

Featured Imaging Workshops

Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Small Animal Imaging Resource Program @ Johns Hopkins

Our Collaborators

Gordon Kindlmann (skeletal & vascular rendering)
David Wienstein (University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute)
Chris R. Johnston, PhD (University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute)

Intubation Methods

In Vivo Respiratory-Gated Micro-CT Imaging in Small-Animal Oncology Models: Mol Imaging. 2004 Jan:3(1):55-62
A novel method for endotracheal intubation of mice and rats used in imaging studies.: Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci.: 2005 Mar;44(2):52-5

 

Mouse Blood Drawing

Saphenous vein puncture for blood sampling of the mouse... Video
Saphenous vien puncture for blood sampling of the mouse... Article

Useful Website

Digimouse: A 3D Mouse Atlas
Digital Morphology Library

Digital Morphology, part of the National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative, develops and serves unique 2D and 3D visualizations of the internal and external structure of living and extinct vertebrates, and a growing number of 'invertebrates'. The Digital Morphology library contains nearly a terabyte of imagery of natural history specimens that are important to education and central to ongoing cutting-edge research efforts. The Digital Morphology library site now serves imagery, optimized for Web delivery, for almost 300 specimens contributed by more than 80 collaborating researchers from the world's premiere natural history museums and universities.