Support
The BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) is responsible for providing support for all in vivo imaging research at The Mount Sinai Medical Center and is responsible for coordinating, supporting and executing imaging research at Mount Sinai including, neuroimaging, cardiovascular imaging, cancer imaging, nanomedicine (molecular imaging and drug delivery), and image processing in the preclinical and clinical settings.
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Standard Support (included in scanner fees) |
Advanced Support (Additional Fees may apply) |
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Study Start-up |
Project Startup/IRB review content/language & consultation |
IRB submissions |
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Maintenance self-scheduling system |
External Service agreements |
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Consultations re scanner type,study design, acquisition type, tasks, timing, synchronization, peripheral use |
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Scan Protocol |
Scan parameter Implementation/Optimization (HiRes Structural, DTI, EPI …) |
Scan parameter and sequence optimization and standardization (e.g., MB-ME, pharmaco-fMRI, any new sequence, other BIG DATA protocols)= resolution & SNR pushed higher |
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Maintenance of common protocol & HCP |
Adaptation of C2P sequences to our scanners |
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New image acquisition (e.g., MRS, rtfMRI, ASL, ME), cutting-edge analyses methods/tools, troubleshooting |
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Task Protocol |
fMRI Software administration (Eprime, PsychToolBox, PschoPy(thon), Matlab, Cogent) |
Training, implementation, development, validation in experimental tasks |
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Basic task management (Triggering, Physio monitoring control, etc) |
Moderate/Heavy task modifications (stimulus development, novel task fdevelopment) |
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Basic equipment training (hardware and interface, excluding EEG) |
Real-Time fMRI set-up & experiment design |
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Stimulus Equipment |
Visual (LCD, 3D goggles) hardware |
Olfactory Stimulus Delivery System |
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Audio (Headphones, ear buds) hardware |
Implementation of custom equipment |
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DeveEye-tracking equipment (not software control support);lopment of custom equipment |
Development of custom equipment |
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Experimental Desgin, Training and processing for Eye-tracking |
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Physiological Monitoring |
Set up (SpO2, Heart rate, Respiration, ECG, GSR, EMG, Skin Temperature) hardware |
Physio Data processing & integration with fMRI |
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Consultation on experimental design |
Custom physiological monitoring equipment implementation; Physio Data correlations with experimental variables |
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Simultaneous EEG/MRI experiment design
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Data Handling |
Long-term online image web-interface archive & application (e.g., XNAT) server hardware |
Anonymize & Transfer to external sites |
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Burn anonymized data to CD for external sites |
Automated anonymization & transfer pipelines |
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Standalone anonymization & Training |
Apply newly developed pipelines |
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Access data anywhere; data back up; data preprocessing at the click of a button |
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Data Analysis |
Computer Lab with preloaded analysis software (BV, SPM, FSL, Osirix, Custom In House tools, Matlab) |
Task Based fMRI Statistics |
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o Group Differences (FSL, AFNI, SPM) |
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o Correlations (FSL, task-regressed, PPI, SEM, Granger Causality) |
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o Event related analysis (In-house*, +amplitude/duration modulation) |
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o ROI/Paradigm based time course extraction (In-house*) |
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High-performance computing, execution of all pipelines (interface to Minerva & related systems) |
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Rest State fMRI Statistics |
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o Group Differences (ICA-FSL, dual regression, ICR) |
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o Correlations (ICA-FSL; dual regression w/covariates) |
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o Atlas based ROI seeded correlations (InHouse; AFNI, Graph Theory) |
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o Manual ROI Seeded correlations (InHouse; AFNI; SPM Conn) |
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DTI Analysis & Statistics |
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o Group Differences (FSL) |
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o Correlations (FSL) |
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o Connectivity |
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o Graph-theory metrics |
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o Comparison to non-imaging metrics |
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o TBSS (FSL) |
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o Tractography based (Inhouse & standard) |
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o Atlas based & manual ROI based (Inhouse & Standard) |
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PET Analysis & Statistics |
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o Coregistration PET/MRI |
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o SUV, Relative uptake conversion |
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o Group Differences (FSL) |
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o Correlations (FSL) |
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o Cross modality ROI based measurements (InHouse) |
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o Atlas based ROI extraction (InHouse) |
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Hardware |
New coils design and implementation |
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PET isotopes |
Standard tracers: FDG |
Special tracers |
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Other |
Grant planning, grantsmanship, mentoring |
CALPENDO
To Schedule a scan time, click here (only accessible onsite)
XNAT
Imaging research data archive click here (only accessible onsite)
Faculty - Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
The BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is seeking mid to senior-level faculty members to spearhead a novel research initiative in the engineering of reparative and regenerative Medicine.
Faculty - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Translation to Medicine
Faculty - Neuroengineering
Postdoctoral Fellow
The BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow.
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