diff --git a/src/mpol/images.py b/src/mpol/images.py
index 0185766e..b0f9b2dc 100644
--- a/src/mpol/images.py
+++ b/src/mpol/images.py
@@ -316,3 +316,39 @@ def to_FITS(self, fname="cube.fits", overwrite=False, header_kwargs=None):
         hdul.writeto(fname, overwrite=overwrite)
 
         hdul.close()
+
+
+def np_to_imagecube(image, coords, nchan=1, wrap=False):
+    """Convenience function for converting a numpy image into an MPoL ImageCube 
+    tensor (see mpol.images.ImageCube)
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    image : array
+        An image in numpy format
+    coords : `mpol.coordinates.GridCoords` object
+        Instance of the `mpol.coordinates.GridCoords` class
+    nchan : int, default=1
+        Number of channels in the image. Default assumes a single 2D image
+    wrap : bool, default=False 
+        Whether to wrap the numpy image so that index 0 is in the image center
+        (FFT algorithms typically place index 0 in the image corner)
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    icube : `mpol.images.ImageCube` object
+        The image cube tensor
+    """
+    if wrap: 
+        # move the 0 index to the image center 
+        image = utils.center_np_image(image)
+
+    # broadcast image to (nchan, npix, npix)
+    img_packed_cube = np.broadcast_to(image, 
+                                      (nchan, coords.npix, coords.npix)).copy()
+
+    # convert to pytorch tensor
+    img_packed_tensor = torch.from_numpy(img_packed_cube)
+
+    # insert into ImageCube layer
+    return ImageCube(coords=coords, nchan=nchan, cube=img_packed_tensor)
diff --git a/src/mpol/utils.py b/src/mpol/utils.py
index 92096b19..65178bb9 100644
--- a/src/mpol/utils.py
+++ b/src/mpol/utils.py
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ def torch2npy(tensor):
     return tensor.detach().cpu().numpy()
 
 
+def center_np_image(image):
+    """Wrap a numpy image array so that the 0 index is in the image center.
+    Adapted from frank.utilities.make_image (https://github.com/discsim/frank)
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    image : 2D array
+        The numpy image with index 0 in the corner
+    
+    Returns
+    -------
+    image_wrapped : 2D array
+        The numpy image with index 0 in the center
+    """
+    tmp, image_wrapped = image.copy(), image.copy()
+
+    Nx, Ny = tmp.shape[0], tmp.shape[1]
+
+    tmp[:Nx//2,], tmp[Nx//2:] = image[Nx//2:], image[:Nx//2]
+    image_wrapped[:, :Ny//2], image_wrapped[:, Ny//2:] = tmp[:, Ny//2:], tmp[:, :Ny//2]
+
+    return image_wrapped
+
+
 def ground_cube_to_packed_cube(ground_cube):
     r"""
     Converts a Ground Cube to a Packed Visibility Cube for visibility-plane work. See Units and Conventions for more details.