Preclinical Imaging: How We Work

1. Facility access. First you will need authorization to enter the Comparative Medicine core, where the imaging equipment is housed. Reach out to cm@fredhutch.org to organize access.
2. IACUC approval, if necessary. Most preclinical studies will require approval from the Fred Hutch Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Comparative Medicine has many procedure templates in the Hutch IACUC Standard Library that you can use to create your protocol or amendment. Please reach out to preclinicalimaging@fredhutch.org for more details on where to find these.
3. Instrument training. Before operating any of the instruments independently, you must be trained by a member of the Preclinical Imaging team. Email preclinicalimaging@fredhutch.org to schedule a training session. Please note that the MRI and the micro-CT are not eligible for training at this time, but our team is more than happy to perform imaging for your studies with these modalities. 

Assisted means that a member of the Preclinical Imaging team can image for you. All instruments are available for assisted imaging. Scheduling is made based on availability. 

Unassisted means you can perform the imaging yourself after completing necessary training.  All instruments except the MRI and micro-CT are available for unassisted imaging. Our iLab system is used for all scheduling. 

iLab Scheduler Website

iLab Billing Support Resources

iLab Equipment Scheduling

iLab Service Request

We use iLab for all our instrument scheduling. Reservations can be made up a month in advance. Learn more about iLab:

iLab Scheduler Website

iLab Billing Support Resources

iLab Equipment Scheduling

iLab Service Request

We know many people don’t have imaging experience! We have developed many resources and offer various trainings for instrument operation and data analysis consulting to help make imaging more accessible for everyone. Reach out to us at preclinicalimaging@fredhutch.org to learn more.

Yes. We are able to transport research cohorts between campuses for you as needed for any imaging modality. Reach out to preclinicalimaging@fredhutch.org for the transfer request forms.

Our involvement in the TBIC allows for shared use of instrumentation such as PET/CT across the different facilities. Learn more about the imaging instruments available across the TBIC consortium.

Preclinical Imaging core staff will work with you to coordinate the necessary IACUC protocols and transportation to complete these types of studies.  

Reach out to us and we can consult with you to see if there are analysis methods to solve the problem, or we can reschedule imaging time so you can get the data you need.