UCSF›UCSF› offers Preclinical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy

The core pairs DNP preparation equipment with magnetic-resonance systems used for animal and bioreactor experiments. Locating the polarizers beside the spectrometers helps limit polarization loss while moving prepared samples into measurement.

Its equipment spans translational-field animal imaging, high-field micro-imaging, and tissue spectroscopy. This range lets investigators select an acquisition environment that matches their specimen and research question within one service.

External investigators must submit a study request for departmental review before arranging access to imaging equipment and resources. The request pathway offers a route to the core but does not establish automatic acceptance of a proposed experiment.

Experiments depend on access to UCSF's installed instruments rather than equipment delivered to the investigator's laboratory. Researchers therefore need to plan their work around the core's application and resource-allocation process.

UCSF publishes a recharge schedule for its preclinical MR imaging and spectroscopy core. The schedule separates scanner time, technician support, and HyperSense polarizer use instead of presenting one bundled study price.

The listed charging units distinguish hourly instrument and staff use from preparation charged per sample. Internal and external rate categories support budgeting for different investigator groups, with rates subject to institutional approval.

The service combines magnetic-resonance measurements with hyperpolarized carbon-13 experiments for biomedical research. Its equipment supports studies of rodents, cultured cells, tissue specimens, and perfused bioreactors.

Researchers can select systems suited to imaging living animals or examining small biological samples. Dynamic nuclear polarization equipment prepares tracers for metabolic measurements across several complementary MR instruments.