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November 15, 2022 Research Updates

Fast fMRI Detects Specific Cascade of Thalamic Activity at Transitions in Behavioral Arousal State

The study was reported in Nature Communications by the Center’s Laura Lewis and colleagues.

November 3, 2022 Research Updates

FlexNIRS: An Open-Source, Low-Cost, Wearable Cerebral Oximeter

The new device was developed by Optics @ Martinos researchers Kuan-Cheng (Tony) Wu, Marco Renna and Maria Angela Franceschini.

July 11, 2022 Research Updates

Review: The Role of Histone Deacetylases in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Nicole Zurcher Wimmer, Jacob Hooker and colleagues recently reviewed research on relationships between autism spectrum disorder...

July 8, 2022 Research Updates

Automated Deep Learning Accurately Assesses Muscle and Fat Tissue on Routine Chest CT

The Center’s Christopher P. Bridge and colleagues have created a fully automated deep learning system to quantify and characterize...

April 6, 2022 Research Updates

Machine Learning Model Identified Alzheimer’s Disease-Like Structural Brain Patterns in Younger, Asymptomatic Adults

David H. Salat and colleagues created a machine learning classifier that detected Alzheimer’s disease–like brain patterns...

February 23, 2022 Research Updates

Are Pandemic-Related Stressors Impacting Uninfected People’s Brain Health?

The findings could have important implications for a broad number of stress-related disorders, says Marco Loggia, senior author...

February 23, 2022 Research Updates

Risk, Resiliency in Aging Brain Focus of $33 Million Grant

The project is co-led by the Martinos Center’s David Salat.

January 13, 2022 Research Updates

Optical Imaging Method Can Determine Cannabis Intoxication, According to New Study

The portable, noninvasive procedure could have significant implications for improving highway and workplace safety.

December 15, 2021 Research Updates

Early-Stage Lung Cancer May Be Detected from a Drop of Blood

The Center’s Leo Cheng and colleagues reported the study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

December 9, 2021 Research Updates

Novel Evaluation of Cerebrovascular Response in Chronic Mild TBI

A new study by the Center’s Phoebe Chan, Kenneth Kwong and colleagues shows that the approach could help improve diagnosis...

December 2, 2021 Research Updates

MRI and Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Early Signs of Tumor Cell Death after Novel Therapy

The Center’s Or Perlman, Christian Farrar and colleagues reported the findings in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

November 15, 2021 Research Updates

Magnetic Particle Imaging May Allow Intraoperative Breast Tumor Margin Assessment

The Center’s Erica Mason, Larry Wald and colleagues have demonstrated the sensitivity of the technique in simulations of breast-conserving...

November 3, 2021 Research Updates

Noninvasive Imaging Strategy Detects Dangerous Blood Clots in the Body

The Center’s David Sosnovik and colleagues have developed and tested a targeted contrast agent that can detect blood clots...

September 2, 2021 Research Updates

Human Whole-Brain Diffusion MRI Dataset Available Online

Reported by Fuyixue Wang and colleagues, it is the first publicly available reference dataset acquired in vivo at submillimeter...

July 16, 2021 Research Updates

A New Link between Pain Widespreadness and Catastrophizing Thoughts about Pain

Vitaly Napadow, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen and colleagues reported the findings in Pain.

June 11, 2021 Research Updates

PET/MRI Reproducibly Discriminates between Individuals with and without Chronic Low Back Pain

Angel Torrado-Carvajal and Marco L. Loggia and colleagues have reproduced and expanded on earlier work showing that a thalamic neuroinflammation...

June 9, 2021 Research Updates

Functional Connectivity on MEG May Be a Biomarker of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Using MEG, the Center’s Fahimeh Mamashli, Tal Kenet and colleagues determined that children with ASD show altered functional...

April 6, 2021 Research Updates

Movies and Narratives as Naturalistic Stimuli in Neuroimaging

Jyrki Ahveninen and colleagues recently reviewed the use of movies and stories as stimuli during neuroimaging research into memory...

March 12, 2021 Research Updates

Understanding the Patient-Clinician Relationship with ‘Hyperscanning’ fMRI

Using the novel approach, Vitaly Napadow and his team demonstrated the positive impact of good bedside manner.

March 9, 2021 Research Updates

PET/MRI Superior to MRI Alone for Staging of Rectal Cancer

Compared with standalone MRI hybrid PET/MRI enabled more accurate evaluation of tumor size N status and external sphincter infiltration...

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