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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med. 2014 Jul 3;30(7):849–853. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.06.003

Table 2.

Estimated economic benefit of using mouse hotel (based on experiences at our institute).

Single scan Mouse hotel Reduction (%)
Number of mice 4 -
Number of scans 4 1 −75.0
Time (minutes) * 255 88 −65.4
Cost (US$)† 1,477 642 −56.5
18F isotope (μl/18.5 MBq) 19.5 10.1 −48.4
Storage (GB) ‡ 32.7 19.0 −41.9
*

Accounts for time interval from radiotracer injection to blood collection.

†

Charges in our institute; $250/hour for scan, $50/hour for technician, $200/vial (740 MBq) for 18F.

‡

Data volume includes all files created during process to reconstruct PET image.