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Qualitative and quantitative image analysis assist with helping researchers to interpret their data in a detailed (through color-scaled representations of signal emission/intensity) and structural (through conversion of visual data into charts and normalized time-activity curves) manner. Multimodality imaging techniques ensure diversified data production and detailed interpretation through both qualitative and quantitative image analysis. Qualitative image analysis can provide researchers with a visual reference that can be used to assess qualities and characteristics without reliance on numerical comparisons. Quantitative image analysis can allow adjustments to be made to visual data based on computed processes, which permit statistical inferences to be made relative to measurable phenomenon. Together, both methods of analysis can aid in data interpretation in molecular imaging studies. The Small Animal Imaging Facility offers a number of instruments that can provide relevant data for various biological processes on molecular and cellular levels.