Welcome!
The PET/MRI Metabolic Service Center (PMMSC) houses a state of the art simultaneous whole-body PET/MRI scanner and a carbon-13 hyperpolarizer device. We operate as a university service center that is available on a pay-for-use basis to researchers throughout Stanford University as well as to non-Stanford researchers.
Equipment:
Signa PET/MR (GE Healthcare)
The simultaneous PET/MRI scanner combines the high spatial resolution and fine anatomical soft tissue detail of MRI with the high molecular specificity of PET imaging, in real-time, providing true functional imaging capabilities. More over the Time of Flight (TOF) PET provides improved SNR there by reducing the radiotracer dosage required.
SpinLab Hyperpolarizer (GE Healthcare)
Hyperpolarization process yields >10,000 fold increase in signal of the MR-active nuclei. When used with MRI and/or MRS, hyperpolarized 13C-labeled metabolic tracers allow unprecedented real-time visualization of the biochemical pathways of normal and abnormal metabolism.
PMMSC is the World's first installation of a SpinLab hyperpolarizer along side a PET/MRI scanner.
Safety Training:
Individual researchers are required to undergo an MR safety and radiation safety training given by Lucas center magnet manager and/or PET/MRI research technologist.
Director: Garry Gold, MD.
Co-Director: Andrei Iagaru, MD.
Deputy Director: Mehdi Khalighi, PhD.
(Primary Contacts) : Dawn Holley
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Open: 24/7 Staffed: 8am - 7:30pm |
1201 Welch Road Lucas Building Stanford, CA 94305 |
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| Mehdi Khalighi, PhD |
Deputy Director PET/MRI
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(650) 721 1701
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mkhalighi@stanford.edu
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P294- Lucas
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| Daniel Spielman, PhD |
Hyperpolarizer
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(650) 714-1046
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spielman@stanford.edu
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| Dawn Holley, RT(N)(CT)(MR) |
Research Technologist
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dholley@stanford.edu
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| Krithika Rupnarayan |
Clinical Research Coordinator
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krupnara@stanford.edu
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| Andrew Dreisbach |
Research Technologist
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adreisba@stanford.edu
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