Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital - Research Program

Biomolecular Imaging Center (BIC) General Overview The VA Biomolecular Imaging Center (BIC) located at the Harry S Truman Memorial VA Hospital offers VA, and affiliated MU researchers, state of the art molecular and anatomic in vivo imaging capabilities. The imaging center houses a Philips Medical Systems MOSAIC Small Animal PET system, an ImTEK, Inc. combined Micro-SPECT/CT system, and in 2005 will acquire a Varian Inc., actively shielded 7 Tesla 210-mm Small Horizontal Bore MRI system. This research center is designed to make high resolution anatomic and molecular imaging studies available to radiopharmaceutical, oncology, and general biomedical researchers who utilize conventional and immunocompromised animal models as a component of their respective research programs. All research conducted at the VA-BIC requires prior approval by the VA Subcommittee for Animal Studies and the VA Radiation Safety Committee.