If you are interested in starting a project with us, the first step is to contact our Scientific Engineer Andrew Yung (ayung@mail.ubc.ca), to set up an initial meeting to discuss project goals and imaging strategies. If resources permit, an initial testing of the MR acquisition technique is offered on a normal/naïve animal (ex vivo or in vivo) on a case-by-case basis, if we consider it useful to refine the recommended scan protocol.
The user will be asked to get appropriate research ethics and safety approval, and to fill out a project proposal form which will receive feedback from our protocol review committee. A reduced pilot scan rate may be awarded for a small number of scan hours, to allow initial assessment of the experiment’s suitability for a user’s particular disease model. If the data requires significant post-processing and analysis by our staff, an estimate for the labour cost will also be provided. The experiment may commence once a Rate Agreement has been signed.
