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Tltt lit RAID OUTLOOK Saturday December 10 IMS PajfeS New facility at gives researchers a different angle Decor offering veterinary and science programs have he clinical and research capacity magnelic resonance imaging a surgical rodialion free technology that offers new levels diagnostic Information The million MHI facility under the direction of Prof Edward Janzen is located In the department of biomedical sciences in Ontario Veterinary Col lege rays or ullrusound MR1 ers researchers an opportunity lo look inside the body without using surgery But most similarities stop there Whereas X involve low level rndinllon nn essentially snap shots of dense matter such as bone MM pictures an obtained through the use of harmless magnetism by recording how body hydrogens align In the presence of a magnetic field by MM unit This pictures of areas like the brain heart wherever there which has high hydrogens Like MM ultrasound also offers more than pictures of bone but ultrasound technology has not ad to the point where con pro- that placed Inside mognclic chamber magnetic resonance imaging can Isolate and depict extremely thin slices of subject Tissue and appear at distinctly different bright in the HI Image Research projects directed by Prof Jaraen Prof Tammy Bray department of nutritional sciences and Prof Fred department of chemistry and biochemistry already under way at the unlvers s MRI facility The first series the liver of alcohol and toxic chemicals llki found In dry cleaning fluids and Ihe Influence of mineraldeficient diets on the lung The availability of the MRI unit means the progress of diseases can be without lo euthanize the animals or con duct Invasive surgery Prof soys magnetic resonance imaging will become an important tool for enhancing animal research and diagnostic work at The procedures we are develop ing will advance Ihe welfare of animals by enabling veterinarians to better more quickly diagnose problems like neurological disease he says Some of the problems that will be studied here could be models for human diseases and afflictions The limiting factor In the MRI facility ability to conduct research and offer diagnosis Is size of the unit magnet end Its associated fre quency At present the chamber where animals are placed can commodate nothing larger than cats or puppies Prof Is applying for funding to increase the chamber size by per cent which he soys will enable facility to most pets requiring MM diagnostic services and render better MRI images through use of higher frequencies GIFT GIVEAWAY Before you buy check our low low prices WHY PAY MORE