Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suite

The center is located between the Internal Medicine Clinic, with the Clinic of Diseases of Horses, Dogs and Cats, and the Clinic of Bird and Exotic Animals, which is part of the Department of Epizootiology. The funds for building the suite were obtained within the framework of Priority 1 of the Regional Operational Programme of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship for 2007-2013, (activity 1.4). The amount of the funds from the Operational Program amounted to 1,306,081.11 zł, and the value of the whole project was 4,725,701.60 zł. Construction started on the 1st September 2011 and finished in 2012. The magnetic resonance unit, which had been purchased using funds received from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, was installed at the end of 2013.

The base of the center consists of: animal quarters for large animals, research and laboratory facilities (angiography and electrophysiology suite, ultrasound suite, diagnostic imaging lab, magnetic resonance imaging suite and computed tomography suite), and personal hygiene and sanitary rooms for people and animals. At the beginning of his speech, Center Director Professor Józef Nicpoń presented the stages of its construction. Professor Tadeusz Trziszka – Vice-Rector for Research – said that the Center of Experimental Diagnostics and Innovative Biomedical Technology was created not only for the needs of the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław, but also for the whole scientific environment of the city. He added that at the moment research units face many difficulties with conducting research and that is why he counted on wide cooperation with both research units and businesses. Professor Krzysztof Kubiak – Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - talked about new opportunities and prospects provided by the center, and Professor Urszula Pasławska presented the research projects that will be carried out in the new center, such as: animal infarction model, or models of stents (with magnetic or biodegradable covers).

The last to speak was Doctor Antonii Nassalski from Philips Company, who presented new opportunities provided by the new magnetic resonance unit Ingenia 1.5 T, installed in the Center of Experimental Diagnostics and Innovative Biomedical Technology. After the speeches and symbolic ribbon cutting Professor Nicpoń invited everyone to visit the building.

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The aim of constructing the Center of Experimental Diagnostics and Innovative Biomedical Technology was to provide the possibility to carry out research projects with large animals used as research models. For many years the Department of Internal Medicine with the Clinic of Diseases of Horses, Dogs and Cats at the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław has been conducting cardiological pre-clinical research, combining veterinary and human medicine. However, there is need for further development of this research field. The new center, which meets all quality standards, has an appropriate base for experimental animals and all the necessary equipment, allowing for conducting research on par with the rest of Europe. The investment will also make it possible to obtain all certificates guaranteeing credibility and recognition of the conducted research in the scientific world, as well as will make it possible to commercialize all the research results. The center will make it possible to conduct research on large animals e.g. pigs, which constitute ideal models for scientific research, not only from the field of cardiology but also other specialities e.g. neurology, gastroenterology or oncology. The experimental research may also be conducted on other animal species e.g. dogs or rabbits. The research that will be carried out in the center will allow for development and implementation of new technologies and treatment methods by scientists from Poland and abroad.

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