Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI: A Dazzling New Approach to Imaging

Nanodiamonds ā€“ synthetic industrial diamonds only a few nanometers in size ā€“ have recently attracted considerable attention because of the potential they offer for the targeted delivery of vaccines and cancer drugs as well asĀ for other uses. Thus far, options for imaging nanodiamonds have been li...

New Software Improves Ability to Determine the Cause of Stroke

Determining the cause of an ischemic stroke is critical to preventing a second oneĀ and is a primary focus in the evaluation of stroke patients. But for all theĀ importance of identifying the cause, physicians have long lacked a robust and objective means to doĀ so. Now a team of investigators at...

With New PET Probe, Researchers Image Fibrosis of the Lungs

The MGH Martinos Center's Pauline DĆ©sogĆØre and colleagues have described a new positron emission tomography (PET) probe that canĀ help to advanceĀ noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis. Reported in a Science Translational MedicineĀ paper published onlineĀ today, the probe enables detection and ...

Robert Savoy

Dr. Savoy received his academic training in applied mathematics at MIT (BSĀ 1971; MS 1975) and experimental psychology at Harvard University (PhDĀ 1980). This period included 10 years of work at Polaroid Corporationā€™sĀ Vision Research Laboratory, after which he joined the newly formed RowlandĀ Instit...

Jason Stockmann

Jason Stockmann, PhD, is broadly interested in magnetic resonance imaging hardware andĀ acquisition methods for improving data quality for both structural andĀ functional imaging. He has worked on diverse MRI scanners ranging in fieldĀ strength by two orders of magnitude, from low-field (80 mT) to u...

Publications Updates

May 11, 2020 The presubiculum links incipient amyloid and tau pathology to memory function in older persons Jacobs HIL, Augustinack JC, Schultz AP, Hanseeuw BJ, Locascio J, Amariglio RE, Papp KV, Rentz DM, Sperling RA, Johnson KA. Neurology. 2020 May 5;94(18):e1916-e1928. doi: 10.1212/WNL.00...

Meher Juttukonda

Dr. Juttukondaā€™sĀ research interests are in studying the balance between hemodynamic and metabolic function in the human brain as well as in the translation ofĀ these methods for characterizing microvascular health in cerebrovascularĀ diseases. A principal objective of his work has been to develop q...

Susie Huang Receives Jim Thrall, MD, Mentoring Award

The Martinos Center's Susie Huang, MD, PhD, was one of two research faculty in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts Hospital to receive the 2024 Jim Thrall, MD, Mentoring Award. The award was established to recognize and honor mentoring contributions of faculty who have demonstrated susta...

Ilknur Ay

Dr. Ay is an Assistant Professor at the Martinos Center for BiomedicalĀ Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She hasĀ a broad background in vascular pharmacology with fellowship training inĀ neuroscience at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ayā€™s main researc...

Mathias Davids

Mathias Davids, PhD, is currently an Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He received a BSc in Biomedical Engineering at University of Luebeck in 2011, and an MSc and Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics at Heidelberg University in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Dr. Davids has a strong backgro...

MGB Radiology Research Celebration 2023

In 2023, the joint departments of Radiology Research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital seek to recognize and support the accomplishments of our outstanding research faculty. We are immensely appreciative of the quality and quantity of their work.Ā  The annual Rad...

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory (IASLab) at Northeastern University. She also holds research appointments in the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Program in the Department of Psychiatry and a...

Early Screening of ASD With a New Eye-tracking Paradigm

Studies have shown that early diagnosis and intervention significantly impact the prognosis of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): the earlier the detection and diagnosis, the better the prognosis and functional status later in life. Currently, the average age of diagnosis is approxi...

ā€˜Women in Scienceā€™ Series Tackles Sexism, Other Issues

The MGH Martinos Centerā€™s first-ever ā€œWomen in Scienceā€ seminar series, held this spring, brought together investigators, staff and others from throughout the community for a host of important and thought-provoking discussions. The series proved so successful the organizers are planning to hold a...