Abstract #0167

Dual Mouse 8-Element Coil Array & Bed for Sequential Multimodality PET, SPECT, CT & MRI of Multiple Mice

Marcelino Bernardo^1,2, Gabriela Kramer-Marek³, Nalini Shenoy⁴, Jurgen Seidel¹, Michael V. Green¹, Jacek Capala⁵, Peter L. Choyke¹

¹Molecular Imaging Program, NCI, Bethesda, MD, USA; ²SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA; ³Radiation Oncology Branch, NCI, USA; ⁴Image Probe Development Center, NIH, USA; ⁵Radiation Oncology Branch, NCI, Bethesda, MD, USA

An 8-channel receive-only coil array for imaging two mice simultaneously and a two-mouse bed compatible with PET, SPECT, CT and MRI for use in doubling the throughput of sequential multimodality imaging of mice is described. Results of phantom tests and in vivo PET-MR imaging of a mouse tumor xenograft model are presented.