An imaging system that allows for unhindered access to a sample to be imaged.A housing structure is configuredwith a drawer having a platform. The platform may be configured to hold asample, such as an animal, and/or the platform may beconfigured to mate with a sample holding member, such as a removable carryingtray for holding the sample. The drawer presentsthe platform to an imaging device or system internal to the housing when in aclosed, or imaging, state. When in an extended state,the drawer presents the platform external to the housing to allow unobstructedmanipulation of a sample on the drawer platform (oron the sample holding member on the platform).
