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.
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.
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 (ASD) and histone deacetylases (HDACs).
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 muscle and adipose tissue on CT scans.
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 in younger adults (40 to 59 years old) and in a cohort with mild cognitive impairment.
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 of the new study.
Risk, Resiliency in Aging Brain Focus of $33 Million Grant
The project is co-led by the Martinos Center’s David Salat.
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.
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.
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 and management of the injury.
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.
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 surgery.
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 throughout the body – including in vessels that, when blocked, can lead to stroke.
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 resolution.
A New Link between Pain Widespreadness and Catastrophizing Thoughts about Pain
Vitaly Napadow, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen and colleagues reported the findings in Pain.
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 signal on PET/MRI distinguishes patients with chronic low back pain from healthy controls.
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 connectivity in response to inverted faces.
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 attention, language, emotions and social cognition.
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.
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 in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.