To access the MRI scanner, you need to:
1. Complete Safety Training & CPR
2. Request access to BSRL (the building)
Generally, BSRL building access is Mon-Fri 6 am to 6 pm for most researchers, but you need a PIN before 8 am. After you have been approved for access, use this University URL to get a PIN: https://www.fm.arizona.edu/DACPortal/index.html#/SelfAccess. Note that you need to keep track of your PIN, since the website does not display your current pin.
If you encounter access problems, please contact Andy Rouse (rouse@arizona.edu).
The official address of the building is:
Bioscience Research Laboratory
1230 N Cherry Ave.
Tucson AZ, 85719
Scanner Console Phone: 520-626-2542
iLab Scheduler
If you are a PI, you need to ensure you are signed up to use the iLab scheduler site before members of your lab can get access. Here are instructions for working with iLab. If you encounter difficulties getting iLab to accept your account number, contact Andy Rouse (rouse at arizona.edu).
To reserve scan time using iLab:
Login to your iLab account
Click on the "Memberships" drop-down at the top of the page
Select "My Groups" (on the left) and then select the desired lab
Open the Membership Requests & Account Numbers tab
Scroll down (towards the middle of the page) to a section where you can select your account number.
Enter the account number to charge for the scans.
If you are not a PI, you can still sign up to use iLab. On the iLab site, select a PI and that PI will get an email asking them to add you ( this assumes your PI is in the system). Once you are in the iLab system, other PIs you work for can add you and you will receive a confirmation on iLab (not an email). You'll see these notifications under Home->Communication on the left of the iLab page when you log in.
The iLab scheduler is available from anywhere (you don't have to be on the UofA network to access it).
Consulting & Testing Rooms
Rooms 73 and 74 (reserve in iLab) are the original square carpeted consultation rooms.
Room 50 (reserve in iLab) is accessed via a short side hallway across the hall from 73 and 74. Room 50 is larger than the other rooms and has a sink.
Room 54 (walk-in) is off the wide hallway that becomes the 3T console space but on the south side of the double grey doors. It is rather small and narrow, but it will work for most projects.
Usage Policy and Directions:
There is no charge to use these rooms.
The rooms are only available to investigators interacting with participants that will, at some point, be scanned on the 3T (that scan can be on another day).
Please leave the door open when not in use. Do not leave the doors closed with “IN USE” tag hanging from the doorknob when the room is not in use.
Please minimize unnecessary reservations and last-minute cancelations.
Reservations must be made more than 8 hours in advance. Any open time slot you see for the current day is considered walk-in because it can no longer be reserved in iLab.
All rooms share the same iLab calendar. Just open the “Consultation Rooms” calendar, drag a reservation time slot, and choose your room near the top of the reservation info screen. (See Figure 1 below).
The calendar doesn’t differentiate rooms at first glance. Hover over a reservation to see the room number for that reservation. Multiple room reservations for the same time slot will be stacked graphically on the calendar. If you see three reservations for a given time slot that means all three reservable rooms are booked.