M系列小动物磁共振成像系←统是Aspectimaging公司推出的专用的小动物MRI，采用高性能钕铁硼永磁体，实现高分辨率的小动物核磁共振成像。
M系列分为，M3，M7，M12，MRI-PET几个型号，除用于常见的大鼠和小鼠成像外，也可定制用于兔子，猴，小型狗□等实验动物的核磁共振活体成像。还可以原机增加PET线圈，升级成PET/MRI,PET分︽辨率达到0.8mm.
相比于传统的超导式小动物MRI，永磁式M系列小动物MRI有明显的现实优点:
1、价格只有1/3甚至更低
2、免去新建核磁屏▲障室的麻烦，普通实验室即可
3、M系列运转消耗为零，比传统磁共振每年可结省几十万的运⌒ 转消耗费
4、更好的磁共振造影剂T1成像效果
M系∮列小动物磁共振是一款小巧紧凑桌上型microMRI，容易摆放。M系列小动物核磁共振系统平台完全满足最严格的安全ㄨ要求标准，可以确保实现无边缘磁场、零外◥场强度，因此无需任何特殊外围防护/屏蔽室或ぷ其他操作规程限制。
M7 Compact MRI for DedicatedMouse and Rat Imaging
The M7 compact, high-performance, one-touchMRI system is intended for dedicated imaging of mice and rats weighing up to700 grams. The M7 enables 2D and 3D, ex vivo, in vivo and in vitro imaging. Thesystem can be uniquely placed behind the bio-containment barrier for in vivoimaging. In addition to its comprehensive suite of applications for mousephenotyping, Aspect Imaging’s LumiQuant? package for generation of 3Dtomographic quantification of luminescence and co-registration with compact MRis optimized for use on the M7 platform.
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One instrument, multipleapplications
The M7 has all the capabilities to routinelyand repeatedly quantify phenotypes in rats and mouse models of disease,including:
·Cancer Research
·Cardiovascular
·Contrast-based Molecular Imaging
·Diabetes and Obesity
·Embryology / Developmental Biology
·Nephrology
·Neurobiology
·Stem Cell / Cell Tracking
3D Whole Body MorphologicalImaging
The M7 compact, high-performance MRI systemenables high-resolution 3D whole body morphological imaging of rat and mousemodels of disease. Biologists and researchers without prior MR or imagingexperience can now leverage the gold standard modality – MRI–for morphological imaging. The M7is an in vivo imaging platform that is:
·Easy to learn,
·Effortless to operate, and
·Fast to generate reproducible, quantitativeresults of phenotypes and therapeutic·efficacy.
Maintenance-free
The M7 provides a high-performance in vivoMRI system that is virtually maintenance free. The system requires:
·No cryogens,
·No auxiliary power, and
·No compressors or plumbing that requireservicing
Infrastructure-free
The M7, like all compact MRI systems fromAspect Imaging, can be placed in most locations in a facility and doesn’trequire an infrastructure typically needed with superconducting MRI system orcryogen-free MRI systems. The system therefore does not require any of thefollowing:
·No shielding
·No auxiliary power supplies or services
·No plumbing, pumps or compressors
The M7 can therefore be placed:
·In a small animal core imaging facility
·Right next to other modalities like PET, CTor optical
·In a working lab
