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FlexNIRS Offers Needle-Free Way to Track Blood Pressure
Doctors often use an invasive catheter inside an artery to get continuous blood pressure readings during surgery, but that can be...
A Faster, Clearer Way to See Brain Activity with MEG
Understanding how different parts of the brain communicate requires precise maps of neural activity. In a new study, Tommi Raij...
Generating PET Images — Without the Radiation
PET scans can reveal inflammation in the brain, but they’re costly and require injecting a small amount of radioactive material....
The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Jake Calkins on vintage guitar amplifiers and peering into the past
The MRI research specialist has applied his engineering and physics knowhow to another, seemingly unrelated pursuit.
Another Leap Forward in Connectome Imaging of the Brain
Martinos researchers report the Connectome 2.0 scanner, the most advanced connectome imaging scanner anywhere.
The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Ara Mahar and the Art of Kimono
Ara is a certified kimono dresser and teacher – and a lively promoter of the tradition.
NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies
Matthew Rosen was part of an effort to address barriers to the successful implementation of pMRI for brain research.
Radiating Kindness: Making Holiday Cards for Elderly Mass General Patients
Members of the Laboratory for Computational Neuroimaging embraced the spirit of the season at their holiday party in December.
The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Running Ultra-Marathons with Anna Blazejewska
For most people, the thought of running a marathon would be daunting enough. Not for Anna Blazejewska.
Maria Angela Franceschini to Receive $3.29 Million Award from ARPA-H’s Sprint for Women’s Health
The award will fund development of a wearable device for women that monitors the brain’s system that clears waste during sleep.
Malte Hoffmann Discusses SynthMorph, an AI-based Tool for Faster, More Precise Image Registration
The tool will make it easier for researchers without the technical expertise to take advantage of AI.
AI Enables Faster, More Precise Image Registration for Medical Image Analysis
Malte Hoffmann, PhD, and colleagues have developed a new, AI-based approach to image registration that is more robust, accurate,...
Within-Subject Reliability in fMRI Studies of Advanced Meditation
Recent research by Matthew Sacchet, PhD, and colleagues establishes strong proof of concept for studying advanced meditation in...
MEG Detects Abnormal Cerebral-Cerebellar Functional Connectivity During Processing of Spoken Sentences in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The work was conducted by the Center’s Tal Kenet, PhD, and colleagues.
Earlier Detection of Alzheimer’s Could Help Reduce Its Most Devastating Effects
Heidi Jacobs, PhD, dives deep in studying early markers of Alzheimer’s.
Martinos Collaborators and Alum Receive 2024 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
The prize recipients include Nancy Kanwisher, PhD, Winrich Freiwald, PhD, and Doris Ying Tsao, PhD.
The Martinos Center and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging Support Clinical Trial of Drug for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
The trial also demonstrated the capabilities of collagen PET imaging.
ISMRM 2024 Honors and Awards
A number of Martinos researchers were honored for their work at the meeting.
Study Identifies Signs of Repeated Blast-Related Brain Injury in Active-Duty United States Special Operations Forces
In a study of 30 active-duty United States SOF personnel, researchers found that increased blast exposure was associated with structural,...