SQUID stands for Scalable Query Utility and Image Database. It is an image management system developed to facilitate image management in research and clinical trials: SQUID offers secure, redundant image storage and organizational functions for sorting and searching digital images for a variety of modalities including MRI, MRS, CAT Scan, X-Ray and Nuclear Medicine.

SQUID can access images directly from DUMC scanners. Data can also be loaded via DICOM CDs