Animal Safety

 

CAUTION
Harm to the animal

Inadequate handling of the equipment and inadequate MR scans may cause harm to the animal.

  1. Handle animal and equipment in contact with the animal carefully.
  1. Dismount the rear part of the tooth bar of the MRI CryoProbe animal cradle before moving the animal cradle into the magnet bore to avoid any harm of the animal. Please refer to chapter Animal Setup for more details.
  1. Always check the setup with the Mouse Position Gauge before entering the magnet
CAUTION
Harm to the animal

Anesthesia and MR imaging cause physiological stress to animals.

  1. Animal supervision is required.
  1. The operator must be present during the MR scans.