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³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ Center for Imaging Research Services

Image Preprocessing

The ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ CIR offers image pre‐processing and data analysis as a service, which greatly reduces the burden of image analysis on research teams here at ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ. This work, performed by members of our Technical Support team, described below, is charged through the CIR service center at an hourly rate of $85 per hour. We estimate up to 2 hours of effort is necessary for each imaging exam to:

  • Manage data handling
  • Compute quantitative maps
  • Draw regions of interest (ROI)
  • Extract quantitative values of drawn regions of interest
  • Return quantified volumes to you in an Excel spreadsheet
  • Return the results of a fit linear mixed effects model which considers quantities from ROIs as a function of ROI and experimental conditions.

Data Analysis and Management

The CIR manages a research imaging repository which is interfaced to the ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ Research Computing Center (RCC). This image database infrastructure includes redundant Extensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit (XNAT) servers with direct 10Gb ethernet connections to the RCC hardware. A gateway XNAT server is placed in a protected zone on the ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ network for the upload of imaging data sets from external institutions for import to the ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ imaging repository, transfer of images from ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ to collaborating institutions, and off‐site labeling and curation of data.

Physics Support and Protocol Design

As a part of this service, the physicist will provide imaging expertise, facilitate project design and/or develop imaging protocol.

The hourly fees for these services can be utilized at $160 for CIR faculty physics support and $85 for CIR technical staff services.

Resources

CIR Service Fees (as of July 1, 2026)

  GE Signa Premier 3T
Rate/hr
Bruker 9.4T
Rate/hr
Physics Support Staff  $89 $0
Physics Support Faculty  $168 $0
Service Fees $0 $0
Peak WITH Operator  $578 $231
Peak W/O Operator $347 $116
Off-peak W/O Operator $0 $32
Corporate $903 $320
External Academic $903 $320

(Rates are subject to increase 5% annually)

Study Setup Fees

XNAT Initialization
$58/study

XNAT – PACS Initialization
$58/study

XNAT Pipeline (Running)
$11/scan

XNAT Pipeline Setup
$84/scan

External Overreads push W/radiology approval
$84/scan

Clinical Trial Setup W/Dummy Run: $992

  1. Site qualification paperwork
  2. Protocol installation
  3. Test scan on a control subject with de-identified images provided to the study team
  4. Data handling setup

Clinical Trial Setup W/O Dummy Run: $389

  1. Site qualification paperwork
  2. Protocol installation
  3. Data handling setup