Industry Studies

New for FY26: CAMRIS will charge a one-time Study Initiation fee for industry studies. This includes up to 5 hours of assistance with startup activities.

CAMRIS is pleased to support MRI scanning for industry studies. Associated costs are available on the CAMRIS Rate Sheet. Applications are processed through the standard CAMRIS application available here.

Study Startup 

CAMRIS is available to support study teams with startup activities such as phantom/human test scanning, scanner certification/qualification, site accreditation, provision of a .pdf of standard-of-care protocols to share with sponsors, completion of training requirements, and assistance with sponsor paperwork. To access this service, please submit a 'Request Assistance with Study Startup' ticket at the CAMRIS Help Desk and include all relevant attachments. CAMRIS will help complete the MRI specific portion of site surveys and feasibility questionnaires and will return the form(s) to the study team.

Sponsor Communications

Please note the study team is responsible for sponsor/CRO communications, including the de-identification and transfer of imaging data according to sponsor requirements. CAMRIS technologists are not considered research study team members and should not be listed on trial documentation. Please see SOP 104 for CAMRIS's policy regarding technologist delegation; this SOP can be submitted to sponsors during feasibility planning. Kindly put the name of the UPENN-based study coordinator as the primary point of contact. The study coordinator can then contact CAMRIS directly with questions or to request status updates by filing a ticket at the CAMRIS Help Center.

Facility Information

Facility accreditation information can be found on the American College of Radiation (ACR) website. CAMRIS is equipped with the following equipment and capabilities:

  • 1.5 Siemens Avanto, 3T Siemens Prisma, and 7T Siemens Terra (See equipment page for model, software, and other details)
  • Bayer MRX Power Injector
  • Media types: CD, DVD, FTP, Flywheel 
  • Audio visual stimulus presentation

  • In bore response systems

Standard of Care Protocols

We understand that many industry trials require the same scanner to be used across multiple timepoints. We can accommodate this request on CAMRIS-managed research scanners, but we cannot guarantee the same scanner will be used at each time point if the scans are being run on a clinical scanner and/or being billed through the RBA mechanism.