Services

We offer a wide range of basic and advanced MRI applications to ensure high-quality MRI data acquisition.

• Structural MRI (e.g., T1, T2, FLAIR)
• Functional MRI (fMRI) for brain activity mapping
• Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) for white matter tractography
• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) for chemical analysis
• MR Elastography (MRE) for elasticity and stiffness assessment
• Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) for perfusion mapping
• MR Relaxometry
• Execution of MRI scans according to research protocols
• Integration of physiological monitoring (e.g., heart rate, respiration) during scans. Siemens integrated monitoring and BIOPAC stand-alone monitoring are available.
• Other MR applications at request

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Our team has experience in designing imaging protocols tailored to your study's the requirements.

• Tailored sequences for specific research questions
• Access to prototype and work-in-progress sequences
• Other MR sequences at request

Through our network, you can expand your research from basic MRI to clinical studies in any area suitable for MRI.

• Diagnostic imaging with protocols used at the Department of Medical Imaging at Ghent University Hospital
• Access to clinical expertise in multiple domains

We offer services to help make MRI studies methodologically sound and efficient.

• Help with designing MRI-based experiments
• Network of national and international experts

Our team supports researchers in reducing the administrative workload for MRI studies.

• Assistance with Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications
• Compliance with data protection and safety regulations

MRI data is a valuable resource, and our team has extensive experience handling, organizing, and protecting it effectively.

• Secure storage, backup, and archiving of imaging data.
• Anonymization of imaging data
• Integration with various data types (e.g., behavioral, physiological, genetic, imaging modalities, ...)
• Support for BIDS formatting
• [IN PROGRESS] Integration with platforms like XNAT

Our experts can provide guidance to choose and use the right data analysis tools for your research.

• Preprocessing pipelines (e.g., motion correction, normalization)
• Statistical analysis (e.g., SPM, FSL, AFNI)
• Quantitative analysis (relaxometry, diffusion, perfusion etc.)

We can offer support for software use and development of custom analysis tools and workflows.

• Access to specialized software for neuroimaging via HPC UGent
• Advice on custom script/pipeline development (e.g., Python, MATLAB)

Guidance is available for MRI sequence design, reconstruction environments, and custom software development.

• Open reconstruction environment (Siemens OpenRecon, FIRE)
• Open-source sequence development (Pulseq, GammaStar)
• MRI sequence design and reconstruction environment (IDEA & ICE)
• Software development (fMRI paradigms, pipelines, ...)

CORE GIfMI supports education and continuous training in all areas of MRI, including basic techniques, safety, and practical use.

• Doctoral schools, UGent Courses on MRI physics and neuroimaging, MRI safety
• MRI safety training
• Hands-on MRI training for researchers and students

Our close collaboration with clinicians opens up a wide range of clinical research.

• Coordination with radiologists and other clinicians
• Hybrid clinical-research studies
• Clinical Trials