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Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

The MGH Martinos Center is committed to developing new imaging technologies and to bringing these de

A joint center of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiology, the Martinos Center's dual mission includes translational research and technology development. The core technologies being developed and used at the Center are magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalograpy (EEG), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse optical tomography (DOT), positron emission tomography (PET), electrophysiology, molecular imaging, and computational image analysis. A particular area of innovation at the Center is multimodal functional neuroimaging. Major areas of research at the Center include: psychiatric, neurologic and neurovascular disorders; basic and cognitive neuroscience; cardiovascular disease; and cancer. With an extensive inventory of state-of-the-art imaging facilities and a world-class team of investigators and collaborators, the Martinos Center is leading the way to new advances and applications in biomedical imaging.

12/13/2023

The Center's Anastasia Yendiki, PhD, has secured a five-year, $24 million grant to map the wiring of the human brain in unprecedented detail. Here, Mass General's "Advances in Motion" delves into the work, in which Dr. Yendiki and colleagues will combine data from cutting-edge microscopy and Mass General's one-of-a-kind MRI scanning capabilities with machine learning to map the brain connectome. https://bit.ly/41jAYQO

12/06/2023

Members of the Martinos community gathered yesterday to say goodbye to the Center's original 7T scanner. Installed more than 20 years ago, the scanner was the first-ever ultrahigh-field MR system built on a clinical platform. Researchers used it to produce all kinds of amazing science over the years, but when one of its compressors recently stopped working, Center leadership decided it was finally time to let it go.

Every ending is a new beginning, though. The Center has already broken in a Terra 7T FDA-approved scanner, which is continuing the tradition of providing unprecedented insights into the inner workings of the human body. And the retirement of the original 7T will clear the way for yet more advanced MR technology. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.

01/12/2022

The Center's Marco Loggia discusses his work as director of the Pain and Neuroinflammation Imaging Lab, including a study showing inflammation in patients with fibromyalgia.

Dr. Marco Loggia of the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging shares his story and highlights the research done by his lab.

12/22/2021

Do you like MRI? And do you like holiday music? Mass General talks to the Center's Mike Datko about his "funktional MRI" project - making music from samples of MRI sounds - and debuts a new MRI-based holiday recording! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3plrzXE

12/02/2021

MRI and Artificial Intelligence can be used to detect early signs of tumor cell death in response to a novel virus-based cancer therapy, according to a new study by the Center's Or Perlman, Christian Farrar and colleagues. More here: https://bit.ly/3ofGmCo

11/29/2021

The Mass General Research Institute has announced the honorees from the 2021 Image Contest! Watch a video with the winning entries below. Keep an eye out for contributions from the Center's Don Straney, Chao Liu and Josue Llamas Rodriguez.

The Image Awards were created to celebrate research at Mass General and share your amazing science with the world. We received 66 images from 30 departments,...

11/18/2021

Congratulations to the Center's Yingying Ning on receiving the Young Investigator award at last month's World Molecular Imaging Congress! The award recognizes her work developing MR probes for fibrogenesis. More here: https://bit.ly/3x7sBsw

11/02/2021

From the "Totally Fun Innovations" desk: the Center's Tom Deisboeck seeks to advance health communications by exploring the use of cartoons and other visual communication strategies.

Wrestling with a health care conundrum: how to get people to listen?

11/01/2021

We can't even begin to tell you how excited we are for the next TRANSLATE webinar! Join us Dec. 1 @ 3pm as Peter Caravan and Sydney Montesi discuss molecular imaging of pulmonary fibrosis for a host of clinical applications. More info here: https://bit.ly/3bvfG9S

10/28/2021

Scientific American talks to the Center's Daphne Holt about her utterly fascinating work with 'personal space,' how it has changed with social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what this might mean.

Our physical safety perimeters have widened, a study suggests

10/26/2021

Ever find yourself thinking: 'Diffusion MRI sounds cool. I just wish someone could break it down for me in an easily digestible way'? If so, good news! The Center's Hong-Hsi Lee does just that in this excellent Why & How talk.

Hong-Hsi Lee, Postdoctoral FellowMGH Martinos Center for Biomedical ImagingDiffusion MRI Made Ridiculously SimpleWhy & How, 7 October 2021For more informatio...

10/25/2021

Did you miss this recent webinar with the Center's Matt Rosen and Susie Huang discussing the clinical potential of portable MRI? If so, we've got your back! Watch the video and read more here: https://bit.ly/3mcRQFL

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