MRI: Acquisition of a high resolution in vivo micro-imaging ultrasound system for research at The City College of New York

纽约城市大学(CUNY)的纽约城市学院(CCNY)计划从Visualsonics手中收购最先进的Vevo 2100高分辨率显微成像超声系统。该成像系统将为几个研究领域的体内和体外研究提供一个新的生物医学研究和超声对比成像平台，从而使基础科学和转化研究成为可能。高分辨率超声可以对许多研究领域进行实时纵向研究，如癌症、动脉粥样硬化、肌腱、软骨和韧带损伤、干细胞组织修复、药物输送、心血管/软组织组织生物力学、新型分子探针的开发和多孔弹性介质中波传播的基础科学研究、多普勒测速实验流体力学和光声传感器的开发。CCNY没有这样的成像设备，因此，这一系统的获得将为CCNY现有的成像能力(即显微CT、共焦和光学显微镜)提供完美的补充。来自CCNY不同系(BME、ME、EE、Biology)的多名教职员工将受益于该系统。

City College of New York (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY) aims to acquire a state-of-the-art Vevo 2100 high-resolution micro-imaging ultrasound system from Visualsonics. This imaging system will enable both basic science and translational research by providing a novel biomedical research and ultrasound contrast imaging platform for in vivo and ex-vivo studies in several research fields. High resolution ultrasound allows real-time longitudinal studies on many research fields such as cancer, atherosclerosis, tendon, cartilage and ligament damage, tissue repair by stem cells, drug delivery, tissue biomechanics in cardiovascular/soft tissues, the development of novel molecular probes and basic science research on wave propagation on poroelastic media, experimental fluid mechanics by Doppler velocimetry and development of photoacoustic sensors. No such kind of imaging equipment exist inCCNY, therefore, acquisition of this system will provide the perfect complement to the existing imaging capabilities at CCNY (i.e. microCT, confocal and light microscopes). Several faculty members from different departments of CCNY (BME, ME, EE, Biology) will benefit of such system.