The PETRATECHradio platform labeled "Plateforme Aix-Marseille" offers a precision irradiation device for small animals (SARRP®, Xstrahl), which is unique in the Southern Region.
The SARRP® is hosted within the CERIMED (Centre Européen de Recherche en Imagerie Médicale) in order to comply with the safety requirements related to the use of an irradiation device, to ensure direct access between the animal facility and the SARRP®, and to integrate the equipment into the CERIMED technical platform to carry out longitudinal, multidisciplinary and multimodal experimentation campaigns.

Irradiation of cell models
Irradiation of mouse and rat models: total, partial, fractional, targeted body irradiation, with preservation of healthy tissue
Reproduction of clinical conditions of conventional radiotherapy on preclinical models such as those developed on the PETRATECHvivo platform
STUPP Treatment for preclinical glioblastoma models
Evaluation of response to treatments (combined strategies: systemic or local treatment + radiotherapy)
Longitudinal animal monitoring
Evaluation of radiosensitivity
Evaluation of the neurotoxicity of radiotherapy
Analyses of survival and tumor response
Advice
Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP®, Xstrahl)
Access to shared, labelled and approved CERIMED equipment:
Rodent housing rooms, technical platforms for animal experimentation and surgery
In vivo imaging platform: PET-CT, SPECT-CT, US, optical, Spectral CT
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