The mission of this shared resource is to provide members of the HDFCCC with technical capabilities and scientific expertise for integrating cutting-edge, multi-modality imaging into their basic, translational, and clinical research.
Services
Pre-Clinical Imaging Core Services
- Access to NMR systems for analysis of cell and tissue samples
- Access to MR, PET and SPECT scanners for imaging small animals:
- 500 MHz HR-MAS Spectrometer
- 600 MHz Wide Bore HR-MAS/Micro-imaging Spectrometer
- HyperSense DNP Polarizer
- GE SpinLab Polarizer
- Bruker BioSpec® 3T Cryogen Free Pre-clinical MRI
- Small animal SPECT/ PET/ CT Imager
- MicroPET/CT Imager
- Optical Bioluminescence and Fluorescence Imaging
- Fluorescence Molecular Tomography (FMT
- Resources for synthesizing radiolabeled and hyperpolarized imaging agents
Human Imaging Core Services
- Access to polarizers and cyclotron for the synthesis of standard and experimental imaging agents.
- GE 5T SpinLab multi-sample polarizer
- Custom Compounding Aseptic Isolator Radial Laser Welders
- PETtrace Medical cyclotron
- GE SIGNA PET/MR
- Whole body MRI:
- 3T MR750 and a 7T MR950 systems
- 3T MR750 wide bore magnet
- 1.5T MRI
- InSightec ExAblate MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) system is installed at the 3T MRI scanner
- Quantitative high res extremity CT
- Interventional 1.5T MRI
- Expert assistance in developing, implementing and interpreting multi-modality imaging studies.
- Collaboration with imaging scientists to translate novel imaging technologies to patients
Clinical Imaging Cores Services
- Standard and specialized radiological interpretation, including Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) reads
- Access to clinical scanners for in-patient and out-patient research studies.
- Whole body PET/CT scanners with 16 & 64 Slice CT
- SPECT/CT
- PET/MR
- Whole boday 1.5T & 3T MRI scanners
- Whole body CT scanners with 64 & 256 slice
- Ultrasound
- X-rays
- Imaging research coordinators
- PETtrace Medical Cyclotron
- Assessment of feasibility and implementation of imaging protocols for clinical trials
- Image processing, data management and transfer between internal and external sources
Scientific Computing Services
- Systems administration, hardware and software support
- Storage and management of large imaging datasets and related data
- Development of new algorithms for reconstruction and post-processing
- Access to custom designed and open source packages for analyzing imaging studies
- System Management
- Applications Programming
- Shared Software Packages
- Access to: HP Computing Grids
- Collaborations with imaging scientists interested in machine learning applications