TRANSLATIONAL IMAGING CENTER (TIC)

Our mission: “The Texas A&M Translational Imaging Center (TIC) utilizes various imaging modalities to meet the needs of both research and clinical studies. Through advanced imaging equipment, a team of diverse professionals, and high-quality services, we strive to advance science for the benefit of animal and human communities.”

TIC is a VMBS unit located within the Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS) building. TIC was established to cater to the imaging needs of translational research studies in a wide variety of medical/scientific disciplines including surgery, biomedical engineering, pathology, interventional cardiology, and neurology.

Our Siemens Magnetom Verio 3T MRI system has a 70cm wide bore diameter and imaging capabilities include routine MR (with/without contrast), cardiac-gated, vascular, angiographic, perfusion, spectroscopic, and echo-planar. Our advanced imaging supports functional MRI (fMRI).

Our Siemens Biograph mCT includes both CT and PET capabilities. The CT scanner is 128-slice and has a 20cm field of view (FOV) time-of-flight PET scanner. Imaging capabilities include routine anatomic CTs (with/without contrast), cardiac-gated CT angiography, CT perfusion, and medical device imaging. PET imaging capabilities encompass use of a variety of radioisotopes for biodistribution and kinetics analysis.

Our range of imaging modalities also includes a GE Vivid E9 4D ultrasound, a Siemens Avantic Arcadis portable fluoroscopy system, and a Fujifilm CR-IR computed radiography system. TIC has dedicated Siemens 3D workstations, a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and other specialized software to support data processing and analysis needs of various imaging studies.

TIC is involved in collaborative research studies with many different user groups within VMBS, as well as researchers in other Colleges including Health Science Center, Liberal Arts, and Engineering. In addition, TIC caters to the imaging research needs of other Universities and private companies. This places TIC in a strategic position to facilitate translational and multi-disciplinary research opportunities.

The vision of the Translational Imaging Center is to bridge the gap between research and clinical applications for our clients—using our state-of-the-art equipment and professional expertise.

Email: imagingcenter@tamu.edu Website: imagingcenter.tamu.edu