Core Facilities

IRRL Facilities

IRRL is the Angiography Core Facility for IUPUI. The IRRL was established 33 years ago to support the research activities of the interventional radiology faculty at IU Medical Center. The IRRL has continued to maintain its original mandate by continuing to house cutting edge technology used in the development of new and improved interventional techniques.

The IRRL's facilities have been designed according to the standards of the National Institutes for Health's policies for Facilities for Aseptic Surgery in its Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

Among the array of ways we can provide assistance to your studies are:

1. Survival surgeries (including microsurgery) in our operating room.

2. Angiographic imaging (including rotational digital subtraction) showing dynamic flow of vasculature and organs such as the brain, liver, and kidneys.

3. Embolizations and catheter delivery of the agents you are testing to specific sites in the body.

4. Catheter and drainage tube placement for ongoing sampling needs of blood or body fluids for the duration of your study.

5. Fistula creation either vascular or connecting to an organ or organs of your preference.

6. Intravascular ultrasound for vessel sizing and correlation with angiographic images.

7. Full physio-monitoring of your subject for the duration of the procedure with digital printout for your records.

8. Blood testing with our I-Stat analyzer.

9. Our molecular laboratory offers in vivo and in vitro histology and assays.

10. Years of experience in dealing with large and small animals.