To investigate whole - brain changes potentially associated with these processes, we applied a magnetic
resonance imaging technique novel to psychiatric research, quantitative mapping of T1 relaxation in the rotating frame (T1ρ).
Some at the workshop hope to adapt ultrasound and magnetic
resonance imaging techniques now used to study the heart and brain to measure blood flow and oxygenation in the placenta.
The laboratory is working in collaboration with Dr. Paula Foster to develop real - time cellular magnetic
resonance imaging techniques as a means to track dendritic cell migration in vivo in humans.
The team used a novel
magnetic resonance imaging technique, called apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps, which directly assessed the movements and dynamics of the water in the intervertebral disk and other spinal structures.
Using noninvasive cardiac magnetic
resonance imaging techniques, they were able to confirm the presence of myocardial inflammation in a patient who tested positive for cardiac myosin autoantibodies.
Neuron pathways in the living human brain shown with a magnetic
resonance imaging technique.
Magnetic
resonance imaging techniques, including structural imaging (MRI), functional imaging (fMRI), and spectroscopy (MRS), which measures brain chemistry, are noninvasive and thus can be used both in humans and in animals to study multiple aspects of brain structure and function.