Note that data from different modalities has been combined in many of the examples shown here.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Tumor imaging and sizing. Cardiac imaging 31P NMR non-localized spectroscopy Diffusion tensor imaging Fat water imaging	Click for larger, animated view of mouse heart, normal on left, myocardial infarction on right: also see glioblastoma image
Bioluminescence / Fluorescence Imaging Reporter gene imaging such as Firefly luciferase (bioluminescence) and near infrared fluorescent protein (fluorescence). Fluorescent dye imaging using targeted imaging agents. Monitoring effects of drugs on tumor growth using luminescence of expressed luciferase	Click for larger image
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) imaging of areas of hypermetabolic activity. Fluoride ion (18F-) bone imaging. Imaging of labeled targeted agents, e.g. 64Cu-fMLP 18F labeled small molecules 18F fluorothymidine 13N ammonia Isotopes available from PETNET are 18F, 11C, 13N, 15O	Click image for larger view

Image Processing

• FindTags software to calculate cardiac circumferential shortening and regional strain maps.
• Vitrea for volume rendering, 3 dimensional reconstructions, fly-throughs of 3D data sets.
• Argus cardiac analysis package (Siemens Medical Systems, Iselin, NJ).

Chemistry Lab for Production of Custom Imaging Agents

• Production of radiometal, (⁶⁴Cu, ^99mTc, ¹¹¹In) and radioiodine labeled peptides and antibodies
• Custom-synthesis of ¹⁸F and radioiodine labeled small molecules.
• Custom-development of molecule-targeting MRI contrast agents.
• Development of molecular imaging agents for non-invasive fluorescent imaging

Cyclotron

Production of short lived PET isotopes ¹¹C, ¹³N, and ¹⁵O, gamma isotopes ⁶⁷Ga, ¹²³I, and ¹¹¹In and ¹⁶⁵Er.