CAI Seminar Series: Comparative Oncology and Large Animal PET/CT Imaging

Event Details

Date:

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Time:

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Room:

Zoom

URL:

https://cai.centre.uq.edu.au/event/session/1827

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Full Description:: Sarah Daniel
Senior Research Nuclear Medicine Scientist,
Human and Companion Animal Imaging Operations,
Centre for Advanced Imaging, presents:

Comparative Oncology and Large Animal PET/CT Imaging

Comparative oncology is the study of spontaneously occurring cancers in companion animals; in particular canines, as a model to further understand the mechanisms of human disease. Unlike transgenic animal models, spontaneous cancers in companion animals exhibit similar clinical presentations and pathophysiology to human tumours. A $2.5 million Australian Cancer Research Foundation grant enabled the purchase of a large-bore PET-CT scanner at the Centre for Advanced Imaging. CAI’s comparative oncology program is the first of its kind in Australia, offering researches access to PET/CT and standalone CT imaging.

ACRF Facility for Molecular Imaging Agents for Cancer. Proudly supported by the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.