Understanding Eye-contact Avoidance in People With Autism
The Martinos Center’s Nouchine Hadjikhani and colleagues shed light on the underlying reasons for the behavior. Hint: It’s not about social indifference.
New Software Concept Promises Boost for Clinical Trial Recruitment
What if you held a clinical trial and nobody came?
It’s Never Too Early to Learn About MRI
We’ve been training the next (next) generation of scientists.
MGH Launches the Center for Precision Imaging
Martinos Center investigator Umar Mahmood will lead the new effort.
The Center’s Susie Huang Joins Advocacy Efforts on Capitol Hill
She participated in the events as a member of the Academy of Radiology Research, Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging.
Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI: A Dazzling New Approach to Imaging
Use of nanodiamonds with ultra-low-field MRI suggests a range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
The Neuroscience of Personal Space
A study of the brain mechanisms associated with the regulation of personal space has led to deeper understandings of social dysfunction in schizophrenia – and pointed toward possible new treatments.
With New PET Probe, Researchers Image Fibrosis of the Lungs
Pauline Désogère and colleagues described the probe in a Science Translational Medicine paper published online today.
New Software Improves Ability to Determine the Cause of Stroke
A study validating the software – called Causative Classification of Stroke (CCS) – was published online in JAMA Neurology.
Woman of the Year: Alexandra Touroutoglou
Touroutoglou was recognized for her extensive body of research by the Greek magazine Beauté.
Acupuncture Yields Improved Outcomes in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The practice works by remapping areas of the brain, according to a new study by Vitaly Napadow and colleagues.
The First In Vivo Imaging Agent for Electrical Signaling in the Heart
A new PET radiotracer could enable early detection of the risk of heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia, and thus help to save more lives.
Moving Beyond Biopsy for Liver Fibrosis
We checked in with the Center’s Bo Zhu about a new, noninvasive method for detecting and staging the disease.
The Radiochemistry Team, and Everything That Doesn’t Go Wrong
The Center produced 277 nuclear reactions last year and you didn’t hear about any of them. Here’s why.
Science Happens! With Carl Zimmer Spotlights Work With Portable MRI
Watch as Zimmer tours the mad scientist-like Low-Field Imaging Lab and chats with Matt Rosen about how exactly the technology works.
Translational Research Award Goes to Optics Division Investigator
Parisa Farzam accepted the award for her work with a blood flow monitor that could transform the ways we manage TBI and other neurological conditions.
Novel PET Radiotracer Offers Possible ‘Smell Test’ for Dementia
We know that how well we can smell is a reliable marker of brain health. Now we have a better way to measure this, and maybe to diagnose dementia in its early stages.
Martinos Executive Director Named a 2017 Eisenhower Fellow
Bill Shaw will be one of 20 U.S. leaders to participate in the global exchange of knowledge and ideas.
Ken Kwong and the Introduction of Noninvasive fMRI
In the early months of 1992 the neuroscience community was flush with excitement. Jack Belliveau, a graduate student with the MGH-NMR Center (now the MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging), had recently published in Science his… Ken Kwong and the Introduction of Noninvasive fMRI
The Secret Lives of Martinos Folk: Skating to the Roller Derby World Cup
Growing up in Europe, Eszter Boros had no concept of what roller derby was. But one day on a whim, after moving to Boston, she decided to look into it.