Experimental imaging

Services

The CRCHUM’s Experimental imaging Core Facility offers the following services:

Characteristics
- Top of the line clinical and research 3T system
- 70 cm open bore design
- Coils (head, body, hand/wrist, knee, peripheral)
- Post-treatment software
- Mobile table, MRI/Angio compatible.
Possible exams
- Cardiac MRI
- Musculoskeletal (hand, wrist and knee)
- Lower limbs angiography, cardiac and abdominal
- Carotid angiography
- Cerebral MRI
- Functional imaging
- Spectroscopy
Characteristics
- Unique technology in Canada
- Superior quality images
- Flat emitter technology for pixel to pixel analysis
- Total body coverage, mobile table and hoop ↑ exam flexibility
- Mobile table, MRI/Angio compatible
Possible exams
- Fluoroscopy
- Embolization
- Dilation
- Carotid angiography
- Subtraction imaging
- Standard X-Ray
Typical exams
- Vascular
- Pulmonary
- Digestive system
- Brain imaging
- Abdominal and peripheral limbs
Characteristics
- 1 tenth of a scanner dose
- 3D exam of bone and dental structures
- High quality imaging, with low radiation level for the patient
Possible exams
- Oral and maxillofacial
- ORL problems
- Cranial traumatism
- Orthopaedics
- Bones structure and erosion
Characteristics
- Non-invasive imaging
- Acquisition software
- Ultrasounds transmitting/receiving, generating shear waves, signals processing
- Integrated printer
Possible exams

Hepatic fibrosis/steatosis measurements by assessment of stiffness/elasticity of liver

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