Heart muscle cells are arranged in a precise, mosaic-like microstructural pattern, and disruptions to that pattern can be an early indicator of many diseases. Unfortunately, doctors have never been able to see any of this…
Amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” has a well-understood cause — early disruption of balanced input from the two eyes — yet treatment success remains frustratingly inconsistent, even when normal visual input is restored. In a study…
The Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital announces a milestone transition in its leadership: Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD, is stepping down as director after decades of transformative service both to…
Martinos researchers turned out in force at the ISMRM meeting this month in Cape Town, South Africa. With more than 100 abstracts presented by faculty, trainees, staff, and collaborators, they showcased the full span of…
If portrayals of scientists on TV and in the movies are anything to go by, “pure intellect” is the single most important trait — if not the only important trait — you’ll need if you want to…
Name: Giorgio Bonmassar, PhD Day job: I am a faculty investigator at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. I…
A new generation of “low-field” MRI systems is transforming the field of medical imaging. Relatively inexpensive, portable and unhampered by special power requirements, they promise greater accessibility to MRI in underserved areas and allow point-of-care…
The next-generation MRI acquisition technique overcomes major limitations of conventional methods.
“When I first heard the terms ‘portable’ and ‘MRI’ together, I did a double take,” said W. Taylor Kimberly, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care and a stroke and critical care neurologist in the Department of…
MRI scans taken before prostate cancer treatment may already contain clues about which patients are most at risk for the disease returning after radiation. In a new study, Onofrio A Catalano and colleagues analyzed pretreatment prostate MRIs and…
Doctors often use an invasive catheter inside an artery to get continuous blood pressure readings during surgery, but that can be uncomfortable and risk complications. In a new study, Zahra Einalou, Maria Angela Franceschini and colleagues tested…
Understanding how different parts of the brain communicate requires precise maps of neural activity. In a new study, Tommi Raij and colleagues improved the way scientists interpret data from magnetoencephalography, or MEG — a technology…
PET scans can reveal inflammation in the brain, but they’re costly and require injecting a small amount of radioactive material. In a new study, Marco Loggia and colleagues developed an artificial intelligence system that can create “synthetic”…
Image by Chiara Maffei, PhD When a paper lands in Nature Biomedical Engineering, it signals something worth paying attention to. A recent publication by Martinos Center researchers Gabriel Ramos Llordén, PhD, Hong-Hsi Lee, MD, PhD, Susie…
Ara is a certified kimono dresser and teacher – and a lively promoter of the tradition.
Matthew Rosen was part of an effort to address barriers to the successful implementation of pMRI for brain research.
Members of the Laboratory for Computational Neuroimaging embraced the spirit of the season at their holiday party in December.
For most people, the thought of running a marathon would be daunting enough. Not for Anna Blazejewska.
The award will fund development of a wearable device for women that monitors the brain’s system that clears waste during sleep.
