Duration: | 2014 - current |
Collaborators: | Daniel Sodickson, Hersh Chandarana, Fernando Boada |
Website: | cai2r.net |
The Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (“CAI2R”) is a research unit within the Department of Radiology at NYU Langone Health under leadership of Principal Investigator Dr. Daniel K. Sodickson. It is supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) through the P41 grant mechanism and recognized as National Center for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NCBIB).
Established in 2014 and currently in its third 5-year funding cycle, the center’s work focuses on developing new paradigms for the acquisition, reconstruction, and interpretation of biomedical imaging. A particular focus lies on translating the developments into clinical practice. To this end, the center maintains a large network of academic collaboration sites as well as partnerships with industry leaders in the healthcare field. Current themes of the center’s strategic “Technology Research and Development” projects include 1. intelligent image acquisition, reconstruction, and analysis, 2. flexible, self-correcting, multi-sensor machines, and 3. biophysical modeling and validation for discovery and clinical care.
As a key principle, technologies and resources created by the center are publicly disseminated as open-source deliverables, including algorithms, datasets, software, and hardware components. Moreover, the center offers a rich training program for students and visiting scientists, and it organizes the bi-annual i2i Workshop that brings together thought leaders from academia, industry, and healthcare startups for scientific sessions and discussions on the latest developments in imaging technology.