19 Feb 19. New preclinical Ultrasound scanner

In January 2019, a new preclinical ultrasound scanner, Vevo 3100 manufactured by FUJIFILM Visualsonics, arrived in the preclinical ultrasound facility, based at the Edinburgh Bioquarter campus.

The scanner was funded by a Wellcome Trust equipment grant (Moran, Chapman, Holmes, Gray, Curtis, Eddleston, Evans, Norman, Baker, Newby - £350K) and replaces our previous preclinical ultrasound scanner (Vevo 770, purchased in 2008).

The Vevo3100 has new features providing the ability to acquire anatomical, haemodynamic and functional data from embryonic zebra-fish to rats. Specifically, new features include:

• Measurement of cardiac function in 2D, 3D and 4D (Figure 1)
• Colour and power Doppler imaging enabling the visualisation of blood flow within vessels (Figure 2)
• Non-linear contrast imaging mode to quantify relative perfusion between regions of interest
• Quantitative measurement of cardiac strain (radial, longitudinal and circumferential) (Figure 3)
• Precise, repeatable and reliable ultrasound guided injections.

Please contact either Adrian Thomson or Carmel M Moran if you would like to discuss the potential of ultrasound imaging within projects. Cost for access to the scanner is £60/hour until end of June 2019.