Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI)

What Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI) does

The Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI) is a university-affiliated neuroimaging core facility established in 2009 and jointly operated by Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. It occupies a 6,000 square foot space on the Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta and serves approximately 12 or more affiliated research laboratories at the two host institutions, with broader reach via the Georgia Research Alliance Core Exchange. The facility provides multimodal brain imaging and stimulation services to academic and external industry clients.

The facility's core technology is a 3 Tesla Siemens Magnetom Prisma MRI scanner, supplemented by EEG, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and eye-tracking equipment. Data infrastructure includes approximately 360 terabytes of storage managed through the COINS data management system and GPU-accelerated compute running standard neuroimaging analysis packages (FSL, SPM, AFNI, BrainVoyager). CABI partners with the TReNDS Center for BrainForge for extended data processing, and has established C2P (Core-to-Core Partnership) agreements with the University of Minnesota and Massachusetts General Hospital.

CABI operates on a fee-for-service, cost-recovery model with tiered pricing effective July 1, 2020: internal academic users pay $237.50 per 30-minute scan credit while external industry clients pay $500 per 30-minute scan credit. The organization employs approximately 9 staff (5 named in public materials) and functions as a shared resource rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI)

Legal name

Center for Advanced Brain Imaging

Website

https://cabi.gsu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CABI is a university neuroimaging core facility jointly operated by Georgia State University and Georgia Tech, providing MRI, EEG, TMS, tDCS, and eye-tracking services to academic and industry researchers on a fee-for-service basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neuroimaging Research Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAKAK

Neurodiagnostic Centers (EEG/EMG/NCS)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Diagnostic & Imaging Centers

SECONDARYHLAHACAE

Neurological Monitoring (EEG, Seizure/Sleep/Neuro Wearables)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Medical Devices & Diagnostics/Patient Monitoring, Wearables & Remote Diagnostics

Keywords

• Neuroimaging research services
• MRI scan services
• EEG data collection
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation
• Brain imaging facility

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. MRI Scan Services: Usage-based fees charged per scan credit (30-minute increments) for MRI scanning services. Rates vary by user category: internal GSU/GT researchers, non-commercial external users, and industry clients.
2. EEG Services: Fees for EEG data collection, both standalone and simultaneous with fMRI, charged per session based on user category.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CABI operates a 6,000-square-foot shared neuroimaging research facility providing MRI, EEG, TMS, tDCS, and eye-tracking services on a reservation-based, usage-fee model. Researchers, clinicians, and industry clients access state-of-the-art equipment (including a 3T Siemens Prisma MRI) along with technical training, data processing via BrainForge, and a data repository to conduct cognitive neuroscience and clinical brain imaging studies.

Product overview

The Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI) is a research facility offering neuroimaging services, not a software product company. The core offering is a 6,000-square-foot research facility with a 3T Siemens Prisma MRI scanner, EEG systems, TMS, and tDCS equipment. The facility provides imaging services (MRI, EEG, neuromodulation), data processing via BrainForge, a data repository, seed grants, and educational awards. CABI functions as a service provider for academic researchers, clinicians, and the medical community to conduct brain health and cognitive neuroscience research. The facility is jointly operated by Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MRI Scanning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• ~360TB of neuroimaging data stored with offsite backup
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Georgia State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operator of the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging. GSU provides institutional support, faculty affiliations, and student access to the facility. Dr. Michael W. Schlund serves as Administrative Director and Co-Director.
• Georgia Institute of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operator of CABI. Georgia Tech provides institutional infrastructure, technical staff, and research support. The facility is located on the Georgia Tech campus in midtown Atlanta.
• Georgia Research Alliance (Core Exchange)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCABI is part of GRA's Core Exchange program, which allows Georgia's university scientists to share core research facilities and equipment across the state.
• TReNDS Center (Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science)majorTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration provides BrainForge web-based data processing and analysis system. TReNDS staff co-author publications when providing substantive theoretical, design, or analysis support.
• COINS (Collaborative Informatics and Neuroimaging Suite)majorTechnology or IntegrationCOINS is used for study registration, participant management, billing codes, and data storage. The CABI MRI Data Repository is hosted via COINS platform.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Emory Center for Systems Imaging (CSI): Academic neuroimaging core at Emory University in Atlanta offering MRI, PET, and related imaging services to researchers. Most directly comparable peer given the same metro area and overlapping faculty/user base.
• Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS): University-based multimodal imaging institute offering MRI, spectroscopy, and advanced neuroimaging to academic and industry users. Highly comparable operating model and equipment depth.
• Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC): Academic neuroimaging core providing 3T MRI, EEG, and TMS services to researchers across Duke and UNC. Comparable shared-resource model serving two university systems.
• Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (MGH/Harvard/MIT): Premier academic neuroimaging core operating multiple MRI systems and EEG/TMS modalities for academic and industry-sponsored research. Closest peer in terms of equipment breadth and translational research scope.
• Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging (CNI): Stanford's shared neuroimaging core offering MRI, EEG, and behavior resources to campus researchers. Comparable academic shared-facility model with multimodal capabilities.
• Cornell Brain Imaging Center (CBIC): University-based neuroimaging core providing MRI and EEG services to academic researchers. Similar shared-facility structure and customer base of university investigators.

Broad incumbents

• Invicro: Commercial imaging CRO providing MRI, PET, and quantitative imaging services to pharma and biotech sponsors. Represents the commercial counterpart to academic cores like CABI for industry-sponsored research.
• Clario: Global clinical trial imaging and endpoint services provider (formerly Bioclinica). Comparable in serving as the commercial channel through which pharma sponsors access advanced imaging for trials.
• ICON Medical Imaging: Imaging CRO within a large clinical research organization offering centralized imaging services to pharma/biotech. Comparable in providing neuroimaging-as-a-service for sponsored studies.
• Medpace Imaging: Imaging core lab within Medpace CRO offering centralized MRI/CT services for clinical trials. Comparable in providing industry-facing neuroimaging services to sponsors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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