18 Icon System Manual T02985_02_03
MRI System Overview
2.6.2 Animal Beds
A variety of dedicated animal beds is offered. Please note that not all of the beds are
included in the standard delivery of an ICON MRI scanner. Dedicated RF Coils
(see section 7.1) are part of the animal bed delivery.
A detailed list of available RF Coils and animal beds is available in section 7.1 on page 87
and in the
ICON Technical Documentation.
Please contact your Bruker representative for
availability.
The animal beds for mouse and rat head examinations are optimized for head and brain
investigations; the animal beds for mouse and rat body examinations are optimized for
body and abdomen investigations. The animal beds are suitable for small rodents with a
body weight of up to 300 g for rats, and up to 40 g for mice.
All beds are equipped with a built-in warm water bed to prevent hypothermia of the
animal during anesthesia. The warm water tubes may connected via quick-locking
connections to the animal warming unit (option, see section 7.3 on page 90).
A thermostat in the warming unit regulates the temperature of the water flowing through
tubes directly under the animal body. This allows maintaining a constant body
temperature of the animal. Yet, it is suggested to supervise the animal core temperature
separately, for example with the temperature monitoring of the basic animal life
monitoring system (option, see section 7.2 on page 89).
For mounting the animal beds to the animal holder see section 5.2.3 on pages 65 ff.
Risk of personal injury.
When using narcotic gases (medical gases),
Pay attention to the local regulations. In particular you must not exceed the
maximum allowed concentration for medical gases in a laboratory environ-
ment. Carry out appropriate compliance with the regulations.
Allow for sufficient fresh air and use extraction system for anesthetic gases.
Make sure, that the scavenging system is turned on (if present).
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