About the Center for Imaging Science
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We have 36 research and teaching laboratories dedicated to specialized areas of imaging science, including electronic imaging, digital image processing, remote sensing, medical imaging, color science, optics, and chemical imaging.

Where can you find our graduates? We work in many different fields, from engineering to education. We hold job titles such as Medical Physicist, Imaging Development Engineer, Associate Professor, Intelligence and Surveillance Chief, NASA Sub-System Manager/ Scientist, Photographic Engineer, Senior Imaging Scientist, Simulation & Visual Systems Software Engineer, Physical Scientist and Image Research Associate.

Our graduates are involved in projects that include: product development, testing and training on computer-to-photo systems, developing imaging systems for research experiments, electronic imaging design and development, and maintaining the condition of chemicals used for space shuttle film processing.

Academic programs in topics related to imaging began at RIT in 1930 with the establishment of a formal curriculum in photographic science. The first BS degree was granted in 1955, and the MS degree followed approximately 10 years later. The Ph.D. program in imaging science, the first and only Imaging Science Ph.D. program in the nation, produced our first graduate in 1993.

We offer degrees at the bachelor, master and doctoral level. Join us if you want to go beyond studying imaging science and really experience imaging science.
 
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