A novel design of rat's head positioner for MRI and its feasibility

A novel design of an animal bed, which is termed “head positioner”, for fixing a rat is newly proposed in this research. The head positioner is used for a basic medical study to analyze brain activities for small animals with MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging). Various requests and specifications for it is described by investigations and our preliminary experiments in advance. A rat’s head positioner is designed by a 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design)...