NeuroPhysics
Corporation
Performance Comparison with other SPECT
systems
MollyQ
Pinhole
SPECT
Clinical SPECT
Mice
Insufficient Resolution
Rats and Small Monkeys
Dogs & Large Primates
Cost Comparison with other SPECT systems
Moderate
Low
High
Moderate
Insufficient Size
MollyQ
Pinhole SPECT
Clinical SPECT
Mice
Insufficient Resolution
Rats and Small Monkeys
Dogs & Large Primates
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Insufficient Size
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$: less than $250K
$$: $250K to $500K
$$$:more than $500K
$$: $250K to $500K
$$$:more than $500K
High
High
High
Scalable SPECT for Drug Discovery and Development
Application Overview
The MollyQ family was designed from the ground-up to be the easiest to use, most cost effective solution to the time-to-market problem faced by the drug development industry. MollyQ’s are small, robust and easy to operate. Targeted applications include the study of biological function and disease progression, the mapping of drug distribution and kinetics, and the evaluation of drug therapy – all on living (even awake) animals without harm. Unlike other forms of molecular imaging such as scintillation counting of tissue biopsies, autoradiography, or fluorescence, the same animal can be used repeatedly enabling follow-up of individual animals rather than periodic sacrifice of populations.
Technology Overview
The MollyQ family implements SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) using a radically different approach which, unlike all other SPECT systems, performs 3D radiological imaging without the use of pinholes, rotation, or gamma cameras. See Small Animal SPECT: Competing Technologies. Our patented scanning microscope technology is inherently simpler, smaller, and more robust, allowing us to produce the MollyQ at a fraction of the cost of our competitors’ systems while providing similar or better performance.
Product Overview
The MollyQ family consists of three systems, each designed to image a particular size class of animals. There a two desktop systems, the MollyQ-30 and the MollyQ-50 and a floor standing system, the MollyQ-200. The MollyQ-30 is designed specifically for mice. The MollyQ-50 accommodates larger rodents and small primates such as marmoset monkeys. The MollyQ-200 is large enough to image animals such as dogs and large primates. There is no other SPECT system that has this scalability feature. All members of the MollyQ family share common electronics and data processing software, adding to MollyQ’s cost effectiveness.
Application Overview
The MollyQ family was designed from the ground-up to be the easiest to use, most cost effective solution to the time-to-market problem faced by the drug development industry. MollyQ’s are small, robust and easy to operate. Targeted applications include the study of biological function and disease progression, the mapping of drug distribution and kinetics, and the evaluation of drug therapy – all on living (even awake) animals without harm. Unlike other forms of molecular imaging such as scintillation counting of tissue biopsies, autoradiography, or fluorescence, the same animal can be used repeatedly enabling follow-up of individual animals rather than periodic sacrifice of populations.
Technology Overview
The MollyQ family implements SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) using a radically different approach which, unlike all other SPECT systems, performs 3D radiological imaging without the use of pinholes, rotation, or gamma cameras. See Small Animal SPECT: Competing Technologies. Our patented scanning microscope technology is inherently simpler, smaller, and more robust, allowing us to produce the MollyQ at a fraction of the cost of our competitors’ systems while providing similar or better performance.
Product Overview
The MollyQ family consists of three systems, each designed to image a particular size class of animals. There a two desktop systems, the MollyQ-30 and the MollyQ-50 and a floor standing system, the MollyQ-200. The MollyQ-30 is designed specifically for mice. The MollyQ-50 accommodates larger rodents and small primates such as marmoset monkeys. The MollyQ-200 is large enough to image animals such as dogs and large primates. There is no other SPECT system that has this scalability feature. All members of the MollyQ family share common electronics and data processing software, adding to MollyQ’s cost effectiveness.
