Labs and centers

Our active research labs and centers are listed under one of the following broad categories of research: Biomedical Imaging Informatics, Molecular Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, and Image Generation and Quantitative Imaging.

Overview

Biomedical Imaging Informatics

Studies of the science of information related to medical imaging, including image analysis and the integration of data from medical imaging into scientific research and clinical practice.

AIBIL

The Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging Lab (AIBIL) focuses on machine learning in neuroimaging, including imaging signatures of brain aging, Alzheimer's Disease, schizophrenia, and brain cancer, as well as of functional connectivity.

CBICA

The Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics (CBICA) was established in 2013, and focuses on the development and application of advanced computational and analytical techniques that quantify morphology and function from biomedical images.

Center for Global and Population Health Research

The Center for Global and Population Health Research develops scalable and sustainable infrastructure in low-resource settings to allow for the advancement of health information technology (health IT) and digital health innovation.

DiCIPHR Lab

The Diffusion & Connectomics In Precision Healthcare Research (DiCIPHR) Lab aims to develop subject-specific imaging biomarkers paving the way for precision imaging.

Innovative Neuroimaging and Spectroscopy Research Laboratory

The research at INSPire lab is primarily directed towards development, optimization and application of metabolic and physiologic MR imaging techniques in various neuro-oncologic clinical applications.

Medical Image Processing Group (MIPG)

The Medical Image Processing Group (MIPG) conducts full-time medically relevant research in imaging science and offers training to students and post-doctoral fellows.

Penn Image Computing and Science Lab (PICSL)

Research at The Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory (PICSL) spans numerous collaborations across a variety of disciplines and includes targeted applications of biomedical image analysis to improve the detection of subtle changes on imaging studies.

Molecular Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy

Studies of imaging designed for the visualization, characterization, and measurement of biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels as well as therapy guided by either anatomic imaging, molecular imaging, or both.

Breast Cancer Molecular Imaging Group

The Breast Cancer Molecular Imaging Group at Penn Medicine seeks better methods for breast cancer treatment. The lab is supported by a grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Breast Cancer Translational Research Group (BCTRG)

The Breast Cancer Translational Research Group (BCTRG) bench-to-bedside research program aims to understand differences in cancer DNA repair mechanisms and develop predictive biomarkers for targeted therapy response.

Britton Chance Laboratory of Redox Imaging

The lab employs a combination of metabolic imaging and spectroscopy and biological methods to probe the role of NAD(H) redox status in diseases and develop metabolic/redox biomarkers for clinical translation.

Delikatny Translational Molecular Imaging Lab

The Delikatny Lab focuses on imaging methods for the detection of tumors in lung and breast cancer.

Functional and Metabolic Imaging Group (FMIG)

The goal of the Functional and Metabolic Imaging Group (FMIG) is the development and application of novel hyperpolarized MRI techniques capable of diagnosing a variety of pulmonary and metabolic disorders.

Innovation in Neuroimaging Science and Image-Guided Health Technologies Lab (INSIGHT)

We make therapeutic cells visible. Our lab spans three connected fronts — engineering MRI-visible immune cells in the preclinical space, translating imaging-guided immunotherapy monitoring into the clinic, and building the Radiology AI Copilot that reads the resulting images at scale

Laboratory of Molecular Imaging (LMI)

The overall goal of the Laboratory of Molecular Imaging is to foster synergistic and symbiotic collaborations between tumor biologists and the imaging community.

Molecular and Cellular Technologies Lab (MCTL)

The Molecular and Cellular Technologies Lab at Penn Medicine uses a combination of synthetic chemistry, as well as chemical and synthetic biology to address both basic and translational challenges in imaging and therapy.

Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Lab (NAMIL)

Research at the Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Lab (NAMIL) focuses on the development of novel and multifunctional nanoparticle contrast agents for medical imaging applications.

Penn Image-Guided Interventions Laboratory (PIGI)

The Penn Image-Guided Interventions (PIGI) Laboratory is dedicated to the translational investigation of a multitude of topics of interest to interventional radiology as well as the broader medical community.

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology Lab

The Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology Lab is dedicated to interdisciplinary research across the Radiology Department at Penn Medicine.

Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Section

The Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Section focuses on the development of new radiopharmaceuticals that provide diagnostic information on various organs in normal and disease states.

TMMI Lab

Translational Metabolic & Molecular Imaging (TMMI) Lab develops experimental and therapeutic approaches to treat heart failure and cancer

Image Generation and Quantitative Imaging

Studies developing and validating novel approaches to acquire and generate medical images as well as methods for deriving quantitative metric form medical images.