Non-invasive and in vivo imaging methods are of particular importance for the longitudinal investigation of animal models for human diseases.
These modalities can be divided into primarily morphological or anatomical and primarily molecular imaging techniques.

The imaging center at the ZTL offers a multimodal platform for studies on small animal models.

Technical equipment

• Bruker 7T Pharmascan 70/16 (magnetic resonance tomograph),
• µCT Siemens Inveon: (small animal computer tomograph),
• FMT Perkin Elmer FMT4000 (fluorescence tomograph),
  IVIS SpectrumCT (bioluminescence tomograph)
• Ultrasound Visualsonics Vevo 2100 (small animal ultrasound),
• Special workstations for the evaluation of MRI, µCT and FMT data are available.