16-slice Philips Brilliance CT scanner. The system is capable of various routine CT studies and has various reconstruction capabilities e. g. volume rendering techniques, multiplanar reconstructions etc.

Applications include:

• Large animal imaging
• Forensic imaging
• CT Angiography
• CT-guided interventional procedures

Siemens Biograph mCT-S (64) is the newest addition to the suite of imaging modalities, expected installation November 2020. Isotopes will be available through the Molecular Imaging and Therapy Research Unit (MITRU) at SAHMRI's North Terrace facility.

LARIF’s flagship instrument is the high field 3-Tesla Siemens Magnetom Skyra MRI. The Skyra 3T is a 48-channel XQ gradient MRI scanner with 70cm wide bore. The system comes with 32 ­channel head coil, 20-channel head/neck coil, TxRx head coil, special purpose coil, flex coils, loop coils, 32-channel spine coil, 18-channel body coils and MR contrast injector.

Applications: Neurological imaging, Fetal imaging, Spectroscopy, Cardiac and Vascular imaging, Musculoskeletal, Forensic and Veterinary imaging

PIRL is home to the Large Animal Research and Imaging Facility (LARIF), the South Australian node of the National Imaging Facility.

National Imaging Facility Fellows are available to assist with various stages of research, from design, ethics submission and imaging protocol selection, to imaging equipment operation and post processing.

The LARIF Catheterisation suite is equipped with a Siemens multipurpose floor-mounted Artis Zee unit. Equipped with a range of features including exposure modulation tools, digital subtraction angiography, steep angulation, position memory and more, the unit is suitable for a multitude of large animal research.

Applications: Cardiovascular research, interventional procedures and catheter and device localisation

The Permetium Pulmonary Preclinical Imaging System is a small animal research scanner which uses x-rays and computed tomography capabilities to measure respiratory function in small rodents.

• No requirement for contrast
• Cardiac and pulmonary gating capabilities

• Mobile Radiography Villa Visitor x-ray unit with Carestream Computed radiography cassettes and processor
• Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA, DXA) GE Lunar Prodigy to assess bone density and body composition
• Image intensifier (C-Arm fluoroscopy) Philips BV Endura for intraoperative anatomical and device localisation

Mobile flat panel Philips Veradius image intensifier for intraoperative localisation of anatomy, device placement and assessment of vessel patency.