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Title: Method and apparatus for animal positioning in imaging systems

Abstract

An apparatus for imaging an animal includes a first mounting surface, a bed sized to support the animal and releasably secured to or integral with the first mounting surface. The apparatus also includes a plurality of straps, each having a first end in a fixed position relative to the bed and a second end for tightening around a limb of the animal. A method for in-vivo imaging of an animal includes providing an animal that has limbs, providing a first mounting surface, and providing a bed removably secured to or integral with the mounting surface and sized to support the animal as well as being coupled to a plurality of straps. The method also includes placing the animal on the bed between the plurality of straps and tightening at least two of the plurality of straps around at least two of the limbs such that the animal is substantially secured in place relative to the bed.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1082940
Patent Number(s):
8342136
Application Number:
11/660,298
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
DOE Contract Number:  
FC03-02ER63420
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Hadjioannou, Arion-Xenofon, Stout, David B., and Silverman, Robert W. Method and apparatus for animal positioning in imaging systems. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Hadjioannou, Arion-Xenofon, Stout, David B., & Silverman, Robert W. Method and apparatus for animal positioning in imaging systems. United States.
Hadjioannou, Arion-Xenofon, Stout, David B., and Silverman, Robert W. Tue . "Method and apparatus for animal positioning in imaging systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1082940.
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