When you are ready to scan

Once you are prepared to schedule your study, you can view the current scanner schedule at: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/account/login

Create an account by following this link.  If you are a Purdue associate, create an Internal iLab account.  If you are not a Purdue associate, create an External iLab account.  Once you have created your account, select the Life Science MRI Core from the list of iLab Cores.

To organize an MRI scan session on our scanner, please complete the following steps.

1. Become an approved user. The approval procedure can be found here.

2. Check the availability of the scanner here. The cost for using the Siemens scanner is $500/hour for Internal Purdue users.  External users, please contact Dr. Ulrike Dydak for specific cost information.  

3. Reserve a scanning time by emailing Nathan Ooms or Xiaopeng Zhou. 

4. Safety forms are required for all human scans. MRI facility normality configuration form is required for all scan sessions. Although the forms are available in the imaging facility, it's highly recommended to print them out by yourself.

5. Tell your subjects our location and parking space.

6. Come and enjoy the MRI.