Center for Biomedical Imaging
The Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI) has positioned NYU Medical Center as one of the premier imaging research centers in the world. Dedicated to conducting cutting-edge research in biomedical imaging, the Center's mission is the discovery of new applications of high-field magnetic resonance and high speed CT, the training of tomorrow's leaders in biomedical imaging research, and the development of new frontiers in radiology. As a research resource, the Center for Biomedical Imaging will foster collaboration among basic and clinical scientists to learn about diseases and disease processes, discover new imaging technologies, and apply this knowledge to clinically relevant research. The CBI houses the most advanced MR technology — two 3-Tesla magnets and one 7-Tesla magnet — and the fastest high speed CT of its kind in the world (64 slices per second, simultaneously, which speaks to the system's high-resolution and speed). As the most powerful MRI machine in the mid-Atlantic and one of only a handful of 7-Tesla MRI systems in the world, the 7-Tesla Siemens MRI is the centerpiece of our imaging research effort. In terms of new applications and development, biomedical imaging is on “an exponential growth curve — and NYU is right in the middle of it,” according to Joseph A. Helpern, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology and Director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging.
