The Center for Biomolecular Imaging (CBI) is a multi-technology, Medical School facility comprised of state-of-the-art imaging modalities. Its purpose is to support state-of-the-art imaging research while facilitating multi-disciplinary research.
The Center consists of a 16-slice Light Speed Pro CT scanner, two MRI scanners (1.5T, 7.0T) and two PET scanners (GE Advance, Micro PET) all solely dedicated to research scanning. The Center has a PET/CT scanner and 3T MRI scanner, located in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Also available for research scanning, the Center has a Toshiba Aquilion 32 Fast Whole Body CT Scanner dedicated for animal scanning and a Siemens MicroCAT dedicated for small animal scanning, both Located at the Piedmont Triad Research Park. The Center houses two GE Advantage Windows workstations which are dedicated 4-dimensional workstations used for post-image acquisition data manipulation, including temporal analysis of three-dimensional data sets. A new TeraRecon server/workstation infrastructure for the CBI users was recently acquired. This will be added to the Informatics branch of the CBI and will be used as the primary image analysis workstations. The beauty of the TeraRecon system is that every investigator can use his/her desktop as a state-of-the-art 4D imaging workstation.
The Center was created in response to the pivotal role imaging technologies are playing in both clinical and basic sciences research. The Center fosters an environment that provides academic growth for faculty engaged in all areas of research. Part of its mission is to change the imaging research paradigm from pathoanatomy to imaging opportunities related to physiologic/functional imaging and molecular imaging. The goals of the Center are to provide new research opportunities by encouraging interdisciplinary cooperation; supporting public and private grant funded research; integrating all researchers utilizing imaging techniques; engaging in hardware and software development; sponsoring grants for technical development and encouraging industry funded research.
The Center is committed to keeping Wake Forest University School of Medicine on the cutting edge of imaging research.
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CT Scanner |
PET Scanner |
MRI Scanner |
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MicroCT |
MicroPET |
7T MRI |