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Comprehensive Imaging and Data Management Services

7T and 3T Whole-Body MRI at Mission Bay
Investigation of human disease and therapeutic interventions in brain, prostate, musculoskeletal, and neurological systems with dedicated support staff to assist users in application development.
7T MRI at China Basin
Anatomic imaging in rodents and small mammals with multi-parametric, multi-modality imaging capabilities, dynamic contrast enhancement imaging, experimental design services.
3T MRI at China Basin
Investigation of human disease and therapeutic interventions in brain, prostate, musculoskeletal, and neurological systems with dedicated support staff to assist users in application development.
1.5T MRI at Mt. Zion
Advanced breast MRI techniques for breast cancer screening, diagnosis and staging, assessment of response to hormonal treatment.

High-Field NMR
Metabolic imaging and metabolic flux of hyperpolarized 13C-labelled agents, high-resolution microimaging at 14.1T,  detection and quantification of metabolites in intact tissue and fluids.

Quantitative Micro-Imaging
Bone architecture imaging, quantitative morphometry, HR-pQCT, fine element biomechanical analysis, cancer and biomaterials imaging, and archaeological specimens imaging.
Nuclear-Optical Imaging
Bioluminescence, fluorescence, optical tomography and multimodality optical/CT/MR imaging.
microSPECT/CT, microPET/CT
microPET, microSPECT, microCT, X-SPECT/X-O, as well as dual modality microPET/CT and microSPECT/CT imaging.
Interventional MR
Neurovascular imaging, endovascular MR methods, minimally invasive neurosurgical guidance, and cardiac imaging.
Quantitative Image Processing
Pre-processing, post-processing, segmentation, registration, custom analysis software development, quantitative parametric maps (T1, T2, DCE, BMD, etc.), pharmacokinetic analysis, and serial measurements for therapeutic efficacy monitoring
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RF Coil Development
Design and production of RF coils and coil arrays for in vivo proton and other nuclei applications used in tandem with 7T and 3T pre-clinical and clinical scanners.

Radiopharmaceutical Probes
Production of FDG, 18Fluoro-thymidine, 11C-PK11195, 18Fluoromisonidazole, 18F-SFB, 13N-Ammonia, 15O-Water, 123I-CNS1261 – among many others.

Magnetoencephalography
Application of statistical signal processing, machine learning, and probabilistic Bayesian inference to analyze MEG and EEG data, development of algorithms for automated detection and localization of epileptogenic zones.
Research Data Management
Research PACS for secure, project-specific data storage, archival and backup, data quality assurance, custom research workflows and auditing, ancillary and meta-data logging using Web-based CRFs.

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