UCCRC Core Facilities:  Scientific Visualization and Image Analysis

Scientific Director:  Robert M. Nishikawa, PhD

Technical Director:  Chun Wei Chan, MS

Phone: 773-702-6778

Fax: 773-702-0371

Website: http://osrf.bsd.uchicago.edu/facilities/svif.html

The Scientific Visualization and Image Analysis Core Facility provides three essential services: a high performance computer cluster, a large data storage resource, and software to facilitate the development of databases.  The Core facilitates the development of databases of patient data by providing a means to collect de-identified patient records, including image data.  Since the image is collected in such a way that patient identifiers are removed, researchers do not need to obtain patient consent, and their research is HIPAA compliant.   The Core supports research on image reconstruction in positron-emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), tomosynthesis, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); computer-aided diagnosis for breast, chest, brain, bone, and colon imaging; development of new imaging techniques in mammography, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, and electron paramagnetic imaging; and further developments in receiver‑operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.