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. 2013 Jun 18;8(6):e65939. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065939

Figure 4. Assessment of port-induced artifacts in mice using a high field strength MRI (dedicated small animal scanner at 9.4 T; T2-weighted sequence) and micro-CT.

Figure 4

Whereas the custom-made vascular access mini-port (A) does not cause any relevant artifacts in MRI or micro-CT imaging, all commercially available mini-ports (B: SoloPort MICRO, C: Microport, D: Penny MousePort) cause strong susceptibility artifacts at 9.4 T that hamper proper imaging of mice. In micro-CT, artifacts of the commercially available mini-ports only interfere with thoracic imaging (or other regions, depending on the site of port implantation). Scale below the photographs: 1 mm.