Methods for Imaging Myelin Loss
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) – an inflammatory disease in which the myelin sheaths around brain and spinal cord neurons are damaged and lost. Current MRI methods, however, do not quantify the extent of myelin loss, which is important for treatment planning and for monitoring disease progression and response to therapy.
Brown to Lead new Interventional Oncology division
Daniel Brown, M.D., has been named Director of Interventional Oncology, a new division within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
Brown comes to Vanderbilt from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was chief of Interventional Radiology, professor of Radiology and a member of the Kimmel Cancer Center.
Academy of Radiology Research honors Radiology's Omary and Gore
Two leaders in imaging science at Vanderbilt University are among 43 recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research, academy officials announced last week.
Validating Maps of the Brain’s Resting State
Kick back and shut your eyes. Now stop thinking.
You have just put your brain into what neuroscientists call its resting state. What the brain is doing when an individual is not focused on the outside world has become the focus of considerable research in recent years. One of the potential benefits of these studies could be definitive diagnoses of mental health disorders ranging from bipolar to post-traumatic stress disorders.
