Core ARTH INFINITY
Mission
INFINITY is one of the approved core facilities of Ghent University and part of CORE ARTH, offering preclinical multimodal medical imaging services to various departments of Ghent University, the Ghent University Hospital, the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and the industry. The lab houses a wide range of state-of-the-art preclinical medical imaging devices for non-invasive in vivo imaging of laboratory animals (see further)
INFINITY has collaborations with several departments of Ghent University and the Ghent University Hospital. One of the major research domains of INFINITY is multimodal imaging in cancer research.
CORE ARTH INFINITY is located in The Core building at the campus of the Ghent University Hospital. The lab is also part of the Medical Image and Signal Processing (MEDISIP) research group, which is affiliated with the Institute Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IBiTech) of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. MEDISIP research focuses on the development of novel medical imaging technologies and applications.
Expertise, services & infrastructure
- Perkin Elmer IVIS Lumina LT - Optical Imaging (in vivo & in vitro)
- Bruker BioSpin Pharmascan 70/16 MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (in vivo & in vitro), Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CE-MRI), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MILabs U-SPECT II SPECT/CT - Singe Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT)
- SmART+ platform (Precision) - Small animal irradiation research platform (in vivo). There is also a radiation research platform in vitro
- Molecubes B-Cube - Positron Emmissie Tomography (PET)
- Molecubes X-Cube - Computerized Tomography (in vivo & in vitro), Contrast Enhanced Computerized Tomography (CE-CT)
- VisualSonics Vevo 2100 US - Ultrasound (US), Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CE-US)
- Leica CM3050S Microtoom
Several user conditions apply, such as an intake meeting, training, reservation rules & usage fees. For an overview, please visit this webpage.
Team
- Christian Vanhove - Head of Infinity
- Benedicte Descamps
- Sara Neyt
- Stefaan Vandenberghe
- Filip De Vos
Contact & links
- Infinity website
- address: Ghent University Hospital - entrance 37a, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Gent
- mail: Infinity@UGent.be
- tel: +32 9 332 00 54