VirtualScopics, a provider of quantitative imaging for clinical trials, has entered into a scientific collaboration, specific to molecular imaging, with ABX-CRO, a Dresden, Germany-based full-service contract research organization (CRO).

The partnership will provide pharmaceutical customers with an integrated service offering the combined knowledge and experience of both VirtualScopics and ABX-CRO in the area of functional imaging, especially, PET, SPECT and MRI, said the Rochester, N.Y.-based VirtualScopics.