³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ Center for Imaging Research Services
Image Preprocessing
The ³ΙΘΛΏμΚΦ CIR offers image preβprocessing 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 offβsite 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
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- CIR Study Onboarding Packet (PDF)
- CIR Facility Movie List (PDF)
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
- Site qualification paperwork
- Protocol installation
- Test scan on a control subject with de-identified images provided to the study team
- Data handling setup
Clinical Trial Setup W/O Dummy Run: $389
- Site qualification paperwork
- Protocol installation
- Data handling setup