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Facilities

World-class imaging & computing

CIRC investigators access a comprehensive suite of state-of-the-art imaging systems across MSU's East Lansing and Grand Rapids campuses and partner institutions — backed by high-performance computing and dedicated imaging scientists.

Siemens Biograph One PET/MR installation at MSU
Flagship · East Lansing

Siemens Biograph ONE 3T PET/MR

Located within the Center for Imaging and Image-Guided Therapies (CIIGT) at MSU Radiology, the Biograph One is a next-generation system for simultaneous PET and 3T MR acquisition — one of the first systems of its kind installed in the United States.

MR platformMAGNETOM Vida — XT gradients (60 mT/m, 200 T/m/s), 60 cm bore; fMRI, advanced dMRI, MRS.
PET detectorsBiograph Vision — LSO crystals + SiPM, ultra-fast 256 ps Time-of-Flight.
Field-of-view35 cm axial PET FOV for high sensitivity and faster whole-body scans.
AI ecosystemDeep Resolve reconstruction and myExam Companion automated workflows.
SchedulingBooked through the CIIGT PPMS system.
Data accessExported and downloaded through a CIRC-dedicated XNAT system.

East Lansing campus

Additional MRI on the main campus

Siemens MAGNETOM Vida 3T MRI scanner

Siemens MAGNETOM Vida 3T

Accessed via MSU Health Care at the McLaren Greater Lansing Outpatient Imaging Center (Izzo Building). XT gradients (60 mT/m, 200 T/m/s), BioMatrix technology, and a comprehensive coil suite including 20- and 64-channel head coils.

SMS-accelerated fMRI and dMRI (DTI to NODDI), SWI, TWIST MRA, and MRS — with Deep Resolve Discover AI acceleration.

The Healing Garden at MSU

MSU Department of Radiology

Beyond the research systems, the Department operates a full range of clinical imaging — 4 clinical MRI scanners (2× 3T Vida, 2× 1.5T Sola), PET-CT, a radiopharmacy with two cyclotrons, CT, mammography, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, DEXA, and interventional services.

Grand Rapids campus · via BAMF Health & Corewell

Molecular imaging & total-body PET

On the Grand Rapids Medical Mile, CIRC investigators reach some of the most advanced molecular-imaging instrumentation in the country.

United Imaging uPMR 790 HD TOF PET/MR scanner BAMF Health

United Imaging uPMR 790 HD TOF PET/MR

Simultaneous 3T PET/MR with digital SiPM + LYSO detectors, excellent Time-of-Flight performance, 2.8 mm NEMA PET resolution across a 32 cm axial FOV, and the uCS accelerated-imaging platform.

United Imaging uEXPLORER Total-Body PET/CT scanner BAMF Health

United Imaging uEXPLORER Total-Body PET/CT

A 194 cm axial field-of-view images the entire body in a single acquisition — ~40× effective sensitivity, ultra-low-dose and sub-minute protocols, and total-body dynamic pharmacokinetics, with a 160-slice CT.

Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma 3T MRI scanner Corewell Health

Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma 3T

Research-optimized 3T with ultra-high-performance XR gradients (80 mT/m, 200 T/m/s) for HARDI/DSI diffusion, high-resolution fMRI, advanced and multinuclear (³¹P) MRS, and Human Connectome Project protocols.

External collaborative facilities · via MADRC

Statewide imaging network

GE MR750 3T MRI scanner

2× GE MR750 3T — University of Michigan fMRI Laboratory

High-performance gradients (50 mT/m, 200 T/m/s), 32-channel arrays, an extensive library of rapid pulse sequences (spiral, ASL, multi-band), sequence-compiler access, and MRS including GABA detection.

Siemens MAGNETOM Cima.X 3T MRI scanner

Siemens MAGNETOM Cima.X 3T — Wayne State MR Core

Newly installed, with revolutionary Gemini Gradients (200 mT/m at 200 T/m/s), next-generation Deep Resolve AI reconstruction, Open Recon, and 64-channel head/neck coils for advanced diffusion, fMRI, ASL, and multinuclear spectroscopy.

Stimulus, response & data

Stimulus presentation

MR-compatible projection with a high-resolution in-bore display. Paradigms are built and run predominantly in PsychoPy and the Psychtoolbox for MATLAB, synchronized to scan timing.

Response & monitoring

Fiber-optic button response systems and high-resolution eye tracking (EyeLink 1000 Plus) for accurate behavioral measurement during imaging.

Data & export

CIRC runs its own XNAT server for direct export from the scanner and self-service data download by investigators. Reach out to get set up.

Computation

From workstation to supercomputer

Analysis moves seamlessly from investigator workstations to MSU's high-performance computing center, so studies scale from a single subject to large, multi-site cohorts without changing tools.

For large-scale jobs, investigators use MSU's Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) HPCC — with containerized pipelines, secure storage, and expert consulting. Neuroimaging runs on FSL, SPM, AFNI, MRtrix, FreeSurfer, and ANTs, plus in-house GPU-accelerated Python/MATLAB pipelines and Singularity containers.

~9.2petaflops peak (HPCC)
660GPUs (V100 / A100 / H200)
79,964CPU cores
9 PB+parallel storage

MSU Department of Radiology — home of CIRC and the CIIGT imaging core, in the Biomedical Research Complex, East Lansing.