Research
The Center supports research on a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to, the following.
Hardware and Software Development
- RF coils development
- Custom built MRI accessories
- Pulse programming
- k-t Spatio-Temporal MRI
- Measurement of flow velocities in micro-flowcells using the DESIRE (Diffusion Enhancement of Signal and Resolution) effect
- Reducing data acquisition time in multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy using multiple-microcoil probes
- Parallel imaging for NMR microscopy at 14.1T
Applications
- Cognitive studies on the effects of
- Culture
- Social Engagement
- Aging and Exercise
- Cortical Plasticity and Adult Development
- Emotional and cognitive processing
- Multimodal (EEG, Optical, MRI) imaging of human and animal cognition
- Animal Models of Tinnitus
- Animal Models of Oncology Treatment, including T-cell mediated delivery of nanoparticles for imaging and therapy of tumors
- Cellular hyperthermia MRI controlling
- Dynamically hyperpolarized Noble gases MRI imaging at 4.7T
- Visualization of animal brain tumor treatment by means of integrated MRI-NIR optical tomography