Peter Caravan and Kenneth Kwong Named ISMRM Fellows
The honor recognizes the significant role each has played in shaping the field of magnetic resonance in medicine.
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Center for Mesoscale Mapping
Brain science tools have advanced in several distinct directions. Advanced tools in molecular biology now allow neuroscientists to study distinct patterns of gene expression in individual neural cells, leading to the potential for a comprehensive…
Optical Imaging
The Martinos Optics Research facilities consists of multiple separate lab facilities including 1) fiber optic and electronics fabrication and testing, 2) instrumentation system development and testing, 3) small animal studies, 4) optical physics labs with…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Center’s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities include the following. Large-bore MRI Systems * All subject bays are equipped with Blu-ray/DVD players for subject entertainment Bay 1: Siemens 3T MRI Skyra with 128ch receive capabilities…
ISMRM Welcomes New President Larry Wald
Wald is director of the Magnetic Resonance – Physics & Instrumentation Group at the Martinos Center.
Caroline Magnain Joins $17 Million Initiative to Bring More Optical Imaging Expertise to Biomedical Research
The “Imaging Scientists” program will support better tools and increased collaboration.
Why & How
The Why & How seminar series is designed to introduce research assistants, graduate students, and postdoctoral and clinical fellows – really, anyone who is interested – to the many tools used in the Center. These…
Center Leadership
Dr. Susie Huang, Director Susie Huang, MD, PhD, is a neuroradiologist and Director of the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she holds the James L. and Elisabeth C.…
The Past, Present and Future of Molecular Imaging @ Martinos
The Center’s molecular imaging program has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. It’s only getting started.
Imaging Services
The backbone of the Martinos Center is the Martinos Technology Core, comprising Imaging and Computational Core resources. The Imaging Cores include the MRI, MEG and Optical Imaging Cores, with an extensive and expanding inventory of…
About the Center
The Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the world’s premier research centers devoted to development and application of advanced biomedical imaging technologies. The Center is part of…
Magnetoencephalography Aids Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy, Other Disorders
Long used for neuroscience studies, MEG is more recently gaining entry into the clinic.
Matti Hämäläinen and the Music of MEG
The MEG pioneer approaches technology development in much the same way as he does the chamber music groups in which he loves to perform.
Early Screening of ASD With a New Eye-tracking Paradigm
The paradigm, developed by the Center’s June Kong and colleagues, could greatly reduce the possibility of bias in traditional evaluations of ASD.
The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Kevin Dowling, Bagpiper in the Big City
You might even find him playing outside the MGH Martinos Center.
White Matter Changes Could Predict Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease
Emily Lindemer and the Brain Aging and Dementia Lab reported the findings in the journal Neurology.
Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 Imaging Is Coming to the Martinos Center
Purchase of the new instrument will be part of a Hyperpolarized Imaging initiative led by the Center’s Yi-Fen Yen.
Learning to See: New Artificial Intelligence Technique Dramatically Improves the Quality of Medical Imaging
The technique yields higher quality images from less data, reducing radiation doses for CT and PET and shortening scan times for MRI.
Study Confirms Role of Structural Connectivity in Spread of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
The newly published research draws on data from the Harvard Aging Brain Study.
20 Years of FreeSurfer
How a small band of researchers and computer programmers changed the way we image the brain