Mouse Common Specimen

Description:

The Common Specimen Study involved imaging a single fixed specimen using MRM from Duke's CIVM, Diffusion Weighted MR from Caltech's Beckman Institute, and Optical Histology and Staining from UCLA's LONI. UCSD's NCMIR performed Multiphoton Microscopy using tissue from an animal of the same strain.

The purpose of this study was to:

  • Obtain a representative data set from each of the Mouse BIRN member sites. These data sets could be used by the visualization team and others for the development of tools.
  • Investigate the development of a common protocol for the perfusion and fixation of specimens that would be involved in multi-institutional imaging studies.
  • Determine the issues involved with sharing data between each of the sites. This includes issues understanding each others data formats, image orientation, and data attributes.
  • Provide data sets for manual segmentation. The output of the segmentation tools would provide a sample for use in the development of the databases and for use in the atlas.

Accession Number: TBD

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