diff --git a/modules/imaging_browser/jsx/imagingBrowserIndex.js b/modules/imaging_browser/jsx/imagingBrowserIndex.js
index 54d6f373fdc..35402204d96 100644
--- a/modules/imaging_browser/jsx/imagingBrowserIndex.js
+++ b/modules/imaging_browser/jsx/imagingBrowserIndex.js
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ class ImagingBrowserIndex extends Component {
         type: 'multiselect',
         options: options.pendingNew,
       }},
+      {label: 'Entity Type', show: false, filter: {
+       name: 'entityType',
+       type: 'multiselect',
+       option: options.entityType,
+      }},
     ];
     /**
      * Adding columns based on the Imaging Browser Tabulated Scan Types
diff --git a/modules/imaging_browser/php/imaging_browser.class.inc b/modules/imaging_browser/php/imaging_browser.class.inc
index eca7b1bb641..a203d4b2490 100644
--- a/modules/imaging_browser/php/imaging_browser.class.inc
+++ b/modules/imaging_browser/php/imaging_browser.class.inc
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ class Imaging_Browser extends \DataFrameworkMenu
         $config = \NDB_Config::singleton();
         $toTable_scan_types = $config->getSetting('tblScanTypes');
 
+        // get entity type options
+        $entityType = [
+            'Human'   => 'Human',
+            'Scanner' => 'Scanner',
+        ];
+
         return [
             'sites'         => $siteList,
             'projects'      => $list_of_projects,
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ class Imaging_Browser extends \DataFrameworkMenu
             'sequenceTypes' => $sequenceTypes,
             'pendingNew'    => $pending,
             'configLabels'  => $toTable_scan_types,
+            'entityType'    => $entityType,
         ];
 
     }
diff --git a/modules/imaging_browser/php/imagingbrowserrowprovisioner.class.inc b/modules/imaging_browser/php/imagingbrowserrowprovisioner.class.inc
index 98e18425e5a..ee614bc9ff2 100644
--- a/modules/imaging_browser/php/imagingbrowserrowprovisioner.class.inc
+++ b/modules/imaging_browser/php/imagingbrowserrowprovisioner.class.inc
@@ -107,9 +107,18 @@ class ImagingBrowserRowProvisioner extends \LORIS\Data\Provisioners\DBRowProvisi
         $pass          = [];
         $coalesce_desc = [];
 
-        foreach ($scan_id_types as $id => $type) {
-            $pass[$id]          = $DB->escape($type);
-            $qc[$id]            = $DB->quote($type);
+        // in order to keep the same order as the order of modalities
+        // specified in the config module, loop through the
+        // $toTable_scan_types array that conserved the order with
+        // which modalities will be displayed (which is what the React
+        // side expects)
+        foreach ($toTable_scan_types as $type) {
+            if (!in_array($type, $scan_id_types)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $id        = array_search($type, $scan_id_types);
+            $pass[$id] = $DB->escape($type);
+            $qc[$id]   = $DB->quote($type);
             $coalesce_desc[$id] = $DB->escape($type);
             $case_desc[$id]     = "
                 CASE
@@ -172,7 +181,6 @@ class ImagingBrowserRowProvisioner extends \LORIS\Data\Provisioners\DBRowProvisi
         // =================================================
         // Final query
         // =================================================
-
         parent::__construct(
             "SELECT
               p.Name as Site,
@@ -189,9 +197,9 @@ class ImagingBrowserRowProvisioner extends \LORIS\Data\Provisioners\DBRowProvisi
               s.ID as sessionID,
               GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT modality.Scan_type) as sequenceType,
               $PendingNewquery as pending,
-              $modalities_subquery
               s.CenterID as CenterID,
               c.Entity_type as entityType,
+              $modalities_subquery
               s.ProjectID
             FROM psc AS p
               JOIN session s ON (s.CenterID=p.CenterID)