About the EPR Center

                 The EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems is a biomedical research center with a strong focus on both experimental and clinical applications  of in vivo EPR.

The Center is in the Department of Radiology, in the Dartmouth Medical School, which is part of Dartmouth College. It also is part of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center that includes, as separate entities, the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic. The Center also interacts with other investigators in the Dartmouth community as a member of the Radiobiology and Bioengineering Research Program of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Role of the EPR Center at Dartmouth

The activities of the EPR Center at Dartmouth include:

¨      Development of in vivo EPR spectroscopy techniques

¨      Use these capabilities for clinical applications

¨      Development of instrumental and conceptual capabilities that will enable experimental in vivo EPR to be carried out at a variety of sites

¨      Providing advice and leadership to the biomedical community that uses EPR

¨      Enhancement of the function and productivity of other EPR centers

The Center is involved in the development, improvement, and application of EPR techniques that can be used in intact organisms at three levels:

1.      small animals (e.g. mice and rats)

2.      larger animals (e.g. rabbits and dogs)

3.      human subjects

We are developing and improving methodology for using the instrumentation under biomedically pertinent conditions. In order to make the results maximally useful, we also are developing and improving techniques for extraction of the pertinent information from the studies quantitatively and in a manner suitable for the expected types of users of this technology.

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