Matthew Rosen was part of an effort to address barriers to the successful implementation of pMRI for brain research.
Research Updates | Martinos Center
Maria Angela Franceschini to Receive $3.29 Million Award from ARPA-H’s Sprint for Women’s Health
The award will fund development of a wearable device for women that monitors the brain’s system that clears waste during sleep.
Malte Hoffmann Discusses SynthMorph, an AI-based Tool for Faster, More Precise Image Registration
The tool will make it easier for researchers without the technical expertise to take advantage of AI.
AI Enables Faster, More Precise Image Registration for Medical Image Analysis
Malte Hoffmann, PhD, and colleagues have developed a new, AI-based approach to image registration that is more robust, accurate,...
Within-Subject Reliability in fMRI Studies of Advanced Meditation
Recent research by Matthew Sacchet, PhD, and colleagues establishes strong proof of concept for studying advanced meditation in...
MEG Detects Abnormal Cerebral-Cerebellar Functional Connectivity During Processing of Spoken Sentences in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The work was conducted by the Center’s Tal Kenet, PhD, and colleagues.
The Martinos Center and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging Support Clinical Trial of Drug for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
The trial also demonstrated the capabilities of collagen PET imaging.
Study Identifies Signs of Repeated Blast-Related Brain Injury in Active-Duty United States Special Operations Forces
In a study of 30 active-duty United States SOF personnel, researchers found that increased blast exposure was associated with structural,...
Uncovering the Relationship between Loneliness and Poor Health Outcomes
Martinos researchers Daphne Holt, MD, PhD, Faye McKenna, PhD, and colleagues have identified a potential marker of loneliness, which...
Open-Source Tool Performs Whole-Brain Segmentation of Longitudinal MRI Scans
Martinos researchers have developed a method for whole-brain segmentation of longitudinal MRI scans that generalizes to different...
Third Somatomotor Map Distinguished in Human Cerebellum
The center’s Randy Buckner and colleagues have provided direct support for a third somatomotor map in the vermis of the cerebellum...
Hemostatic Factors Have Potential as Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in MS
The Center’s Caterina Mainero and colleagues review the interplay of fibrinogen and coagulation factors with neuroinflammation...
Metabolomic Information Highly Useful for Predicting Future Prostate Cancer
A study by the Center’s Leo Cheng and colleagues suggests that metabolomic changes detected with an advanced nuclear magnetic...
How You Can Mend a Broken Heart: Emerging imaging technologies advance cardiovascular care
Recent studies from the Department of Radiology hav sought new ways to help reduce the incidence of a broken heart (and to ensure...
Commentary: Sparse Brain Activity Patterns May Underlie Human Cognition
Jyrki Ahveninen and colleagues believe sparse brain activity, where only a few neurons in a population fire at a given time, might...
Fast fMRI Detects Specific Cascade of Thalamic Activity at Transitions in Behavioral Arousal State
The study was reported in Nature Communications by the Center’s Laura Lewis and colleagues.
FlexNIRS: An Open-Source, Low-Cost, Wearable Cerebral Oximeter
The new device was developed by Optics @ Martinos researchers Kuan-Cheng (Tony) Wu, Marco Renna and Maria Angela Franceschini.
Review: The Role of Histone Deacetylases in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Nicole Zurcher Wimmer, Jacob Hooker and colleagues recently reviewed research on relationships between autism spectrum disorder...
Automated Deep Learning Accurately Assesses Muscle and Fat Tissue on Routine Chest CT
The Center’s Christopher P. Bridge and colleagues have created a fully automated deep learning system to quantify and characterize...
Machine Learning Model Identified Alzheimer’s Disease-Like Structural Brain Patterns in Younger, Asymptomatic Adults
David H. Salat and colleagues created a machine learning classifier that detected Alzheimer’s disease–like brain patterns...