Service Projects

CAI2R makes advanced imaging technologies and capabilities available to researchers around the world.

We are currently engaged in 62 Service Projects with scientists and clinicians at 35 institutions in ten countries on three continents.

Service Projects (SPs) are interactions through which we make cutting-edge technologies available to outside investigators.

The biomedical imaging technologies we provide to SP partners are unique and not available anywhere else. As defined by the NIH, Service Projects “generally exploit the more mature capabilities” of National Centers for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and, in contrast to Collaborative Projects, “do not drive the development of new technologies or devices.”

Most SPs can be classified as focused on musculoskeletal, neurologic, oncologic, or cardiovascular imaging applications. A subset of SPs constitutes the GRASP/Yarra network, a group of institutions that implement GRASP MRI acquisitions and use the Yarra framework for image reconstruction. All SPs interact with at least one of our Center’s Technology R&D Projects (TR&Ds). Some also interact with our Training and Dissemination components (T&D), where dissemination means open sharing of unique resources and provision of advanced capabilities to sophisticated biomedical research teams.

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Proposed Service Projects

Service projects put forth in our NCBIB’s renewal proposal for the 2024-2029 funding period deliver our unique biomedical imaging capabilities to sophisticated research teams that rely on such capabilities to advance their investigations.

Geographic Distribution of Proposed Projects

Taken together, our proposed Service and Collaborative Projects involve research partners at more than 40 institutions in 13 states and 10 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Interactions of Proposed Service Projects

TR&Ds →123
SP 1 [SP Kim-Lee] cardio
SP 2 [SP Benitez] neuro
SP 3 [SP Kochunov-Hong] neuro
SP 4 [SP Wu] abdominal
SP 5 [SP Nayak-Campbell-Washburn] cardio, chest
SP 6 [SP Wen-Wu] neuro
SP 7 [SP Jiang] onco
SP 8 [SP Lewis-Bane] abdominal
SP 9 [SP Lui-Chung-Qian] neuro
SP 10 [SP Buzsaki] neuro
Service Projects 11-23
Interactions of our the 10 Service Projects featured at length in our NCBIB renewal proposal with the proposed Technology R&D Projects. Project entries note main areas of clinical application: cardiovascular imaging, neurological imaging, abdominal imaging, chest imaging, and oncologic imaging.

List of Proposed Service Projects

  • Quantitative detection of coronary microvascular dysfunction in long Covid patients using a comprehensive, rapid, free-breathing cardiovascular MRI
    🇺🇸 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    Daniel Kim, PhD; Daniel Lee, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    cardiovascular imaging
  • Quantitative neuroimaging assessment of white matter integrity in the context of aging and Alzheimer’s disease
    🇺🇸 Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    Andreana Benitez, PhD
    TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Redefine trans-neuropsychiatric disorder brain patterns through big-data and machine learning
    🇺🇸 University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
    Peter Kochunov, PhD; L. Elliot Hong, MD
    TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Quantitative MRI and deep learning technologies for classification of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
    🇺🇸 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    Holden H. Wu, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    abdominal imaging
  • Volumetric real-time MRI at 0.55 Tesla
    🇺🇸 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    🇺🇸 NIH, Bethesda, MD
    Krishna Nayak, PhD; Adrienne Campbell-Washburn, PhD
    TR&D
    cardiovascular imaging, chest imaging
  • Map paravascular fluid dynamic signatures of key aging and AD processes using dynamics diffusion-weighted imaging
    🇺🇸 Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, IN
    Qiuting Wen, PhD; Yu-Chien Wu, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • 3D high resolution magnetic resonance fingerprinting for prostate cancer
    🇺🇸 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    Yun Jiang, PhD
    TR&D 1
    oncologic imaging
  • Characterization of renal allograft fibrosis and prediction of outcome using a quantitative MRI approach
    🇺🇸 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
    Sara C. Lewis, MD; Octavia Bane, PhD
    TR&D 1
    abdominal imaging
  • Advanced imaging methods to assess traumatic brain injury
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Yvonne Lui, MD; Sohae Chung, PhD; Yongxian Qian, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Non-invasive radio frequency stimulation of neurons and networks
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Gyorgy Buzsaki, PhD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Quantitative arterial spin labeling MR angiography and perfusion imaging for cerebral revascularization
    🇺🇸 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    Lirong Yan, PhD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • A safe and compact neonate to adult neuroimaging MRI system
    🇺🇸 Advanced Imaging Research, Inc., Cleveland, OH
    Ravi Srinivasan
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Cellular viscosity as a marker for alzheimer’s disease pathology: a combined multiparametric MR spectroscopy and PET study
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    🇮🇱 Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
    Ivan Kirov, PhD; Assaf Tal, PhD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • Investigating the temperature dependence of age-related Tau pathology relevant to early Alzheimer’s disease
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Esther Blessing, MD, PhD
    TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Establishing a unified framework of spontaneous brain activity in perception
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Biyu He, PhD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Iron deficits and their relationship with symptoms and cognition in psychotic spectrum disorders
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Mariana Lazar, PhD
    TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Rapid quantitative assessment of knee joint with compressed sensing
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Ravinder Regatte, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Quantitative assessment of early structural and functional changes in aging skeletal muscle
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Valentina Mazzoli, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Development of a clinical CEST MR fingerprinting method for treatment response assessment in brain metastases
    🇺🇸 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    Ouri Cohen, PhD
    TR&D 1
    oncologic imaging
  • Continuous abdominal imaging at 0.55 T
    🇺🇸 University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    oncologic imaging
  • Tailored screening for urinary system cancers in patients with chronic kidney disease
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Stella Kang, MD
    TR&D
    oncologic imaging
  • Machine learning and deformable model-based 4D characterization of cardiac dyssynchrony from MRI
    🇺🇸 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Dimitris Metaxas, PhD
    Leon Axel, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1
    cardiac imaging
  • Genetic and immuno-inflammatory drivers of post-acute pulmonary sequelae of SARS-CoV-2
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
    Steven Abramson, MD; Rany Condo, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
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Active Service Projects

Service projects sustained during our NCBIB’s current funding period.

  • Focused-ultrasound-mediated therapy and neuromodulation
    🇺🇸 Stanford University
    Kim Butts Pauly, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2, TR&D 4
    neurologic and oncologic imaging
  • Novel uses of Pi3k-inhibitors for the treatment of advanced Pik3camutant breast cancer
    🇺🇸 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Gerburg Wulf, MD
    TR&D 2
    oncologic imaging
  • Imaging human brain function with minimal mobility restrictions
    🇺🇸 University of Minnesota
    Michael Garwood, PhD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Imaging biomarkers of knee osteoarthritis
    🇺🇸 NYU School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Ravinder Regatte, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Hypertension, brain clearance, and markers of neurodegeneration
    🇺🇸 NYU School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
    Lidia Glodzik, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • MR-PET imaging of coronary atherosclerosis
    🇺🇸 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Zahi Fayad, PhD
    TR&D 3
    cardiovascular imaging
  • Targeted PET agents for Alzheimer’s disease immunotherapy
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Neurology)
    Thomas Wisniewski, MD
    TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Antibody derived PET ligands for Tau pathology
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Neurology, Neuroscience)
    Einar Sigurdsson, PhD
    TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Time-dependent dMRI for myofiber characterization
    🇺🇸 University of California San Diego
    Lawrence Frank, PhD; Samuel Ward, PhD
    TR&D 4
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Glaucoma neuroimaging in humans and experimental animal models
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Opthalmology)
    Kevin Chan, PhD
    TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Hippocampal inflammation as a pathophysiology for psychosis
    🇺🇸 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    🇺🇸 NYU School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Oded Gonen, PhD; Dolores Malaspina, MD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • High-speed and high-frequency fMRI of resting state connectivity
    🇺🇸 University of New Mexico
    🇺🇸 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Stefan Posse, PhD; Ricardo Otazo, PhD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • Single-vessel fMRI with goldenangle radial encoding
    🇩🇪 Max Plack Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany
    Xin Yu, PhD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • High-speed and high-frequency fMRI of resting state connectivity
    🇺🇸 University of Wisconsin Madison
    Andrew Alexander, PhD; Peter Ferrazzano, MD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • MRI toolbox for rodent brain microstructure imaging
    🇺🇸 Vanderbilt University
    Mark Does, PhD
    TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Neuronal correlates of autistic traits in ADHD and autism
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Child Psychiatry)
    Adriana di Martino, MD
    TR&D 2, TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Brain plasticity underlying acquisition of new organizational skills in children
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Child Psychiatry)
    Xavier Castellanos, MD
    TR&D 2, TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Ultra-high-resolution exploration of functional neuroanatomy
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Neuroscience)
    Paul Glimcher, PhD
    TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Diabetes, cognition and the brain
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
    Antonio Convit, MD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • Neuroimaging in schizophrenia
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
    Donald Goff, MD
    TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • PET measures of CSF clearance in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
    Mony de Leon, MD
    TR&D 3, TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Neurobiology of sensory phenomena in obsessivecompulsive disorder
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
    Emily R. Stern, PhD
    TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Quantitative sodium MRI and proton spectroscopy in traumatic brain injury
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Ivan Kirov, PhD; Guillaume Madelin, PhD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Neuroenergetic adaptations in alzheimer’s disease: Implications on amyloid burden and cognition
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Psychiatry, Radiology)
    Ryan Brown, PhD; Ricardo Osorio Suarez, MD
    TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Small animal neuroimaging and oncologic imaging
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Skirball Institute, Radiology)
    Daniel Turnbull, PhD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • The role of dysmyelination in cognitive impairment of psychotic spectrum disorders
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Mariana Lazar, PhD
    TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Developing advanced blood-brain barrier permeability imaging for early Alzheimer’s disease
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Yulin Ge, MD; S. Gene Kim, PhD
    TR&D 4
    neurologic imaging
  • Reversing diabetic peripheral neuropathy through exercise
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Orthopedic Surgery, Radiology)
    🇺🇸 New York University (Physical Therapy)
    Ryan Brown, PhD; Smita Rao, PhD
    TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Hip chondromics: comprehensive cartilage characterization with MR fingerprinting
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Martijn Cloos, PhD; Riccardo Lattanzi, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Translation of hip microarchitectural assessment technology to the clinic to diagnose glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Gregory Chang, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Prediction of recurrent anterior shoulder instability using the on/off track method and 3D MRI: a clinical outcomes and costeffectiveness study
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Louise van der Weerd, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Prediction of portal pressure with liver and spleen MR elastography and 4D flow phase-contrast MRI
    🇺🇸 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Bachir Taouli, MD
    TR&D 1
    oncologic imaging
  • Imaging tools for oncology
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Perlmutter Cancer Center)
    Benjamin Neel, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2, TR&D 3, TR&D 4
    oncologic imaging
  • Genetic and imaging markers of invasive prostate cancer
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Cell Biology)
    Elaine L. Wilson, PhD
    TR&D 2
    oncologic imaging
  • Metabolic sodium MRI to assess early response of breast cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Ryan Brown, PhD; Guillaume Madelin, PhD
    TR&D 2
    oncologic imaging
  • Abbreviated breast MRI (AB-MRI) with golden-angle radial compressed-sensing and parallel imaging (GRASP): a short, comprehensive breast MRI exam ready for clinical prime time
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Laura Heacock, MD
    TR&D 1
    oncologic imaging
  • Mathematical methods for motionaware medical imaging
    🇦🇹 Graz University of Technology, Austria
    Rudolf Stollberger, PhD
    TR&D 1
  • Coils for Human Whole Body Imaging at 7T
    🇺🇸 Columbia University
    🇺🇸 Life Services LLC, Minnesota
    J. Thomas Vaughan, PhD
    TR&D 2
  • Information theory in continuous data acquisitions
    🇮🇱 Technion, Israel
    Yonina Eldar, PhD
    TR&D 1
  • Role of BAT Activity in mice receptor of RAGE
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Endocrinology)
    Ann Marie Schmidt, MD
    TR&D 3
  • Mechanisms of initiation of T-cell signaling by the TCR-CD3 complex
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Pathology)
    Michelle Krogsgaard, PhD
    TR&D 3
  • Next-generation RF coils with high-permittivity material for improved performance in MRI
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Radiology)
    Christopher Collins, PhD
    TR&D 2
  • GRASP
    🇯🇵 Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
    Koji Fujimoto, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇰🇷 Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
    Jeong Min Lee, MD; Jeong Hee Yoon, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP Dixon-RAVE
    🇳🇱 Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Netherlands
    Marnix Maas, PhD; Tom Scheenen, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP Dixon-RAVE
    🇳🇱 Maastricht University, Netherlands
    Christopher Wiggins, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP Dixon-RAVE
    🇩🇪 Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany
    Berthold Kiefer, PhD; Robert Grimm, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇩🇪 University of Mannheim, Germany
    Philipp Riffel, MD; Stefan Schoenberg, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇨🇭 University of Basel, Switzerland
    Tobias Heye, MD; Elmar Merkle, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇬🇧 Royal Marsden Hospital, U.K.
    David Collins, PhD; Mu Koh, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇬🇧 University of Leeds, U.K.
    Steven Sourbron, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇺🇸 Yale University
    Steffen Huber, MD; Jeffrey Weinreb, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇺🇸 Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Sheung Chee Thomas Ng, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇺🇸 Cornell University
    Eve LoCastro, PhD; Douglas Phillips, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇺🇸 SUNY Stony Brook
    Lev Bangiyev, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP Dixon-RAVE
    🇺🇸 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Octavia Bane, PhD; Bachir Taouli, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP Dixon-RAVE
    🇺🇸 University of Michigan
    James Balter, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇺🇸 Mayo Clinic
    Joshua Trzasko, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP
    🇺🇸 Northwestern University
    Daniel Kim, PhD; Frank Miller, MD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • GRASP Dixon-RAVE
    🇺🇸 Nationwide Children’s Hospital
    Houchun Hu, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • Dixon-RAVE
    🇺🇸 University of California Irvine
    Lauren Gyllenhammer, PhD; Jerod Rasmussen, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
  • Dixon-RAVE
    🇺🇸 University of Hawaii
    Andy Stenger, PhD
    TR&D 1, T&D
    GRASP/Yarra partner network
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Concluded Service Projects

  • Imaging markers of early pancreatic cancer and RAS-positive tumors
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Biochemistry)
    Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    oncologic imaging
  • MRS and PET for brain and breast cancer
    🇺🇸 Emory University
    Hyunsuk Shim, PhD
    TR&D 1
    oncologic imaging
  • Genetic and imaging biomarkers of OA incidence and progression
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Rheumatology)
    Steven Abramson, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • Structural and functional changes related to Parkinson’s disease
    🇺🇸 Pennsylvania State University
    Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • Pharmacologic MRI predictors of treatment response in late-life depression
    🇺🇸 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Howard Aizenstein, MD, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Structural and functional biomarkers of PTSD
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
    Charles Marmar, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
  • Multimodal neuroimaging of basal forebrain cholinergic systems in human focal epilepsy
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Neurology)
    Tracy Butler, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 3
    neurologic imaging
  • Neuroimaging study on function-structure relationship of olfactory deficit in AD
    🇺🇸 Pennsylvania State University
    Qing Yang, PhD
    TR&D 1
    neurologic imaging
  • Relationship between meniscal integrity and anterior-posterior laxity of the knee
    🇺🇸 NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Orthopedics)
    Peter Walker, PhD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2
    musculoskeletal imaging
  • A prostate coil design for high-field imaging; multimodality prostate imaging
    🇺🇸 UT Southwestern
    Neil Rofsky, MD
    TR&D 1, TR&D 2, TR&D 3
    oncologic imaging
  • Imaging neural activity using MREIT
    🇺🇸 University of Florida
    Rosalind Sadleir, PhD
    TR&D 2
    neurologic imaging
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Contact

To inquire about establishing a Service Project, write Kayse Lewis, Collaborative and Service Projects coordinator, at Kayse.Lewis@nyulangone.org.