The CIMS hosts facilities for clinical and preclinical molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray computed tomography (CT) and optical imaging.

TR-19 Variable energy cyclotron (1998) TR-24 High-power cyclotron (2012) Cold / hot radiochemistry facilities Clean room for production of radiopharmaceuticals Avalanche photodiode-based small animal PET/CT scanner LabPETTM scanner (Gamma Medica) Triumph small animal PET/CT scanner (2008) Gemini GXL PET/CT scanner (Philips) Gemini TF PET/CT scanner (Philips) 7 T small animal MRI scanner (Varian) 1.5 T clinical MRI scanner (Siemens) 3 T clinical research MRI scanner (2013) QOS small animal optical imaging scanner (Quidd) On-site animal care facility SAITATM: Small Animal Information Technology Applications database 11-node computer server cluster

Centre d'imagerie moléculaire de Sherbrooke3001, 12e Avenue Nord

Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4(819) 346-1110 poste 15030

http://www.cims.med.usherbrooke.ca

CIMS Infrastructure

Our mission: "To develop molecular imagingas a discovery tool

for personalized medicine"

Radiochemistry

Preclinical imagingPositron emission tomography

Magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical imaging

Pharmacokinetic modeling

DesignSynthesisDevelopmentProduction of radioisotopes

Diagnostic imagingOncology, cardiology and neurologyEvaluation of novel radiotracersBiodistribution and dosimetry Evaluation of metabolism Receptor imagingPerfusion and myocardial viabilityEvaluation of treatment responseImage fusion (PET, SPECT, CT, MRI)Blood flow, distribution kinetics

Development in PET and MRIQuantitative imagingPhysiological parametrisationApplications: - Cancerology - Cardiology - Photodynamic therapy

Metabolism BiodistributionApoptosis Receptor imaging Real-time therapy evaluation

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI)Pharmacological imagingMonitoring of treatment responseHigh-resolution imagingVascular permeabilityContrast agent development

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