Conveners
C1OrC - Medical Systems
- Kathleen Amm (GE Global Research)
- Patrick Kelley (TechSource, Inc.)
To perform Micro Magnetic Resonance Imaging (μ-MRI) analysis on small regions such as skins, articulations or on small animals, the required spatial resolution imply to dramatically improve the sensitivity of the detection. One way to go is to use miniature radio-frequency superconducting coils that allow, among others, increasing significantly the signal-to-noise ratio. The RF probes,...
Over the past decades cryopreservation and cryo-imaging techniques have been intensively developed for structural and functional studies of biological samples at the sub-cellular level. To achieve this, ultra-high resolution imaging techniques such as cryo fluorescence microscopy, cryo electron microscopy, or cryo mass spectrometry are employed. Often these methods make use of commercially...
The temperature distribution of the simulated living tissue is measured for the improvement of the cooling rate during cryopreservation when the surface condition of the test sample is changed. Agar with the 1.5 wt% is used as a simulated living tissue. The test sample is the cylindrical shape and the size is ϕ8.2 x 45 mm. The inside of the test sample is filled with agar. The surface of...
Interest in low temperature treatment is constantly increasing. Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) devices are becoming available not only in medical centers but also in local gyms and spa centers. A new group of users are professional sport clubs where 3-minutes session of whole-body cryotherapy is post-training procedure to improve and speed up the recovery process.
Currently, there are four...
Molecular technologies in cancer diagnosis require fresh and frozen tissue, which is obtained by means of snap-freezing. Currently, coolants such as solid carbon dioxide or liquid nitrogen are used to preserve good morphology of the tissue and to keep the molecular activity intact. Using these coolants, snap freezing of tissues for diagnostic and research purposes is often time consuming,...
Cold storage of biological specimens generally falls into two categories: (1) "Ultra-low" mechanical freezers, which are technologically close cousins of domestic vapor-compression freezers, and (2) liquid-cryogen-cooled dewars. The first type are expensive to run, and give off a lot of waste heat which must in turn be removed from a laboratory or work area, and can only reach moderately cold...