A Brief History

The Imaging Research Center (IRC) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) began operations on July 1, 1993. The IRC coordinates and conducts research in pediatric radiology.

The IRC is an interdisciplinary research laboratory operated by the Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati, which conducts research in and provides access to state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging technologies within the Medical Center. The IRC employs imaging research technologists, engineers, physicists, chemists, nurse study coordinators, system analysts, research assistants, business managers and service coordinators, as well as graduate students and medical students from the University of Cincinnati.