Center for Systems Imaging
The Center for Systems Imaging (CSI) provides MRI, PET, and microPET/CT imaging, radiopharmacy services, and data analysis for animal and human imaging studies led by Emory-affiliated investigators. CSI also supports the development and application of imaging biomarkers and hosts educational programs.
CSI Director John Oshinski, PhD, reports that 58 investigators in 17 departments and programs benefited from $2.2 million in CSI services in FY 2019, up 33% from FY 2018 and 53% from FY 2017. These departments account for $2 million of that revenue: Neurology, Medicine, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Psychology, and Radiology.
CSI’s unique capacity for pediatric imaging benefits Marcus Autism Center, one of only five National Institutes of Health Autism Centers of Excellence. CSI’s techniques decrease noise, minimize radiation dosage, and maximize comfort for children. For example, a tiny microphone inserted in an infant’s ear helps technologists ensure sound-baffling equipment inside the MRI scanner is minimizing the child’s exposure to noise.
CSI is an important academic partner, providing MRI lab experiences for undergraduate medical imaging students and medical physics residents. Emory Radiology’s Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging residents train at CSI in Gallium-68 generation and labelling. The training is especially valuable given that the demand for the radiopharmaceutical has increased 52% in FY 2019 for both diagnostic and therapeutic use.
Dr. Oshinski teaches an MRI and imaging physics class for students in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech. The students augment classroom learning with a series of lab experiments using CSI scanners. Such hands-on learning helps them stand out to academic and industry employers.
CSI Director John Oshinski, PhD, reports that 58 investigators in 17 departments and programs benefited from $2.2 million in CSI services in FY 2019, up 33% from FY 2018 and 53% from FY 2017. These departments account for $2 million of that revenue: Neurology, Medicine, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Psychology, and Radiology.
CSI’s unique capacity for pediatric imaging benefits Marcus Autism Center, one of only five National Institutes of Health Autism Centers of Excellence. CSI’s techniques decrease noise, minimize radiation dosage, and maximize comfort for children. For example, a tiny microphone inserted in an infant’s ear helps technologists ensure sound-baffling equipment inside the MRI scanner is minimizing the child’s exposure to noise.
CSI is an important academic partner, providing MRI lab experiences for undergraduate medical imaging students and medical physics residents. Emory Radiology’s Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging residents train at CSI in Gallium-68 generation and labelling. The training is especially valuable given that the demand for the radiopharmaceutical has increased 52% in FY 2019 for both diagnostic and therapeutic use.
Dr. Oshinski teaches an MRI and imaging physics class for students in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech. The students augment classroom learning with a series of lab experiments using CSI scanners. Such hands-on learning helps them stand out to academic and industry employers.