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Clinical imaging

Opportunities for clinical research
Our clinical imaging capabilities continue to evolve, now featuring a state-of-the-art MRI and an ultra-high sensitivity Total Body PET scanner with CT modality. These advancements offer faster imaging with reduced radiation exposure, making your clinical research more efficient and safe. In addition to cutting-edge technology, we provide expertise in study design, data analysis, and visualisation to help you make the most of your research data.
Inner mechanism of Total Body PET scanner

PET scanner

The Australian National Total Body PET Facility is Australia’s first open-access facility with dedicated research capacity, allowing the characterisation of novel molecular imaging probes with ultra-high sensitivity and reduced radiation burden.
Fluorescent green MRI image of human brain

MRI

Potential applications include neurological and diffusion imaging, cardiac imaging, vascular imaging and musculoskeletal imaging.

Related news

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12 December 2023

New medical imaging facility to revolutionise research and patient care

The Australian National Total Body PET Facility will drive advancements in cancer studies, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease and drug development, and reduce scanning time and radiation doses to transform patient care.
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05 March 2021
TB-PET scanner from UC Davis video

$15m project to establish whole-body imaging in Australian first

A project driven by Sydney should provide unique imaging capability to Australia while revolutionising patient care, through a joint venture with Northern Sydney Local Health District to procure a total body PET/CT scanner.
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New imaging capability: open field PET

Using the imaging facilities and expertise at the NCRIS-enabled University of Sydney/ANSTO NIF Node, a pioneering methodology has been developed to monitor brain activity using a conventional PET scanner while the subject fully conscious, unrestrained and interacting with the environment.
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Sydney Imaging operates sites on and adjacent to the University of Sydney Camperdown campus at the Charles Perkins Centre and the Brain and Mind Centre, as well as at Royal North Shore Hospital and the Kolling Institute. Our headquarters are located at the Brain and Mind Centre.

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