Overview

The Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC) encompasses more than 10,000 sq. ft. of new and newly-renovated space on the Duke University Medical Center campus. Within the Bell Research Building are the main BIAC offices (room 163), including the office of the Director, Dr. Allen Song, offices for the administrative staff, and a conference room with integrated videoconferencing and presentation systems. Offices for BIAC faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and medical students are also located in Bell, as are two image analysis laboratories used by students and faculty from both inside and outside of BIAC. Adjacent to the Bell Research Building is the Duke North Hospital, which houses a 7000 sq. ft addition for BIAC that contains two research-dedicated MRI suites, image analysis laboratories, a RF coil construction shop, and additional offices for faculty and students. The BIAC maintains its own 100 Mb/s switched Ethernet local area network. Data are processed in a mixed environment consisting of Windows and Linux workstations. Data analysis is performed using custom-developed software, commercial software (e.g., Analyze), and software obtained from other research MRI centers (e.g., FreeSurfer from MGH, SPM from the Wellcome Institute for Cognitive Neurology).