The Joint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW) is an international collaboration that publishes the proceedings of accelerator conferences held around the world.
TY - CONF AU - Webb, M.A. AU - Belev, G. AU - Gibbons, M. AU - Miller, C.D. AU - Wysokinski, T.W. AU - Zhu, N. ED - Casas, Joan ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Costa, Isidre ED - López, David ED - Prieto, Montserrat TI - Live Animal Imaging Program at Bio-Medical Imaging and Therapy Facility at the Canadian Light Source J2 - Proc. of MEDSI2016, Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 September 2016 CY - Barcelona, Spain T2 - Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation Conference T3 - 9 LA - english AB - The live animal imaging program at the Bio-Medical Imaging and Therapy (BMIT) facility at the Canadian Light Source has been developing for the last 5 years and continues to grow. It is expected to become a large portion of the user activity as numerous groups work towards the goal of live animal studies. Synchrotron-based imaging of live animals is an opportunity for great science that also brings challenges and specific requirements for the experimental end-station. The beamline currently provides basic support and has been improving the facilities available. For example, there have been changes to the lab to allow for longer rodent housing and improved housing during measurements. Remote control of heat lamps and of flow rate for gas anaesthesia allow a veterinarian or animal care worker to make adjustments without interrupting the imaging. Integration of user equipment such as heart/breathing monitoring and ultrasound equipment with the beamline systems can be used for gating control of imaging. Future improvements will be done with consultation with university veterinarians and the user groups. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 348 EP - 350 KW - ion KW - experiment KW - controls KW - synchrotron KW - radiation DA - 2017/06 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-188-5 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2016-WEPE24 UR - http://jacow.org/medsi2016/papers/wepe24.pdf ER -