The (PET/SPECT/CT) Triumph is an all-digital trimodality system and provides you with the ability to visualize and quantify biological processes in small animals (e.g. mice, rats, small rabbits).
The PET subsystem is based on Avalanche Photo Diode (APD) technology which offers superior image contrast and a reconstructed resolution of less than 1 mm. Gating can be performed on cardiac cycle, respiration and user-defined inputs. The Field Of View (FOV) of the PET is 8 cm.
The SPECT subsystem exploits the proven performance of Multiplexed Multi-Pinhole (MMP) SPECT and the high intrinsic spatial and energy resolutions (1.6 mm) of the solid-state Cadnium Zinc Telluride (CTZ) detector technology. FOV of the SPECT is adjustable thanks to helical scanning. The SPECT subsystem can detect conventional radioisotopes such as I-125, Tc-99m, I-123, In-111, Lu-177, Re-188.
The XO-CT subsystem is equipped with an advanced digital X-ray detector technology and has the flexibility to perform a wide range of scans up to rat wholebody. The reconstructed resolution can be down to 80 µm.
Multiple beds are available to scan single animals and up to 3 mice per scan. Equipment of the lab also permit to work in Specific Pathogens Free (SPF) conditions.
The software Vivoquant (Invicro) allows coregistrations of the modalities and analyses.
In 2016 the CIBM scanner was relocated to a new building in a new preclinical Imaging Platform affiliated to the Faculty of Medecine. This relocation offers researchers the possibility to combine PET/SPECT/CT imaging with other modalities such as MRI and optical Imaging in a Specific Pathogen Free environment