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The Photon Migration Imaging laboratory at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging is exploring new ways to investigate the brain and breast non-invasively and without using harmful, ionizing radiation. The lab is working to develop the optical imaging technology as well as apply it for a wide range of basic science and clinical studies. Ultimately, these studies could contribute to better understandings of how the brain works as well as improved screening and detection of a variety of pathologies.
What's New In The PMI Lab?
February 7, 2009: Devor et al.'s 2008 Journal of Neuroscience paper -- "Stimulus-induced changes in blood flow and 2-deoxyglucose uptake dissociate in ipsilateral somatosensory cortex" -- was highlighted in “This Week in the Journal” in the issue in which it appeared as well as in the February 2009 issue of Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
January 29, 2009: MedicalPhysicsWeb interviewed Rickson Mesquita for an article about a PMI Lab study reported in a recent issue of Phys. Med. Biol. The article, "Model links brain's functional processes," can be found here (password required).
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December 9, 2008: A study by our own Sava Sakadzic and colleagues is featured on the front page of the Optics Express website for the Dec. 8 issue. In the study, the reserachers describe femtosecond diode pumped Cr:LiCAF laser technology as a low cost alternative to femtosecond Ti:Sapphire lasers for MPM. The image on the left shows the lymph node conduit system filled through subcutaneous injection of the low-molecular-weight protein lysozyme tagged with Alexa Fluor 633 (red) into the footpad drained by this lymph node. |
November 5, 2008: A paper by our own Qianqian Fang is featured on the cover of the Oct. 27 issue of Optics Express. (animated gif on right) May 16 , 2008: This year's NIRS-DOT Visiting Fellowship Program is scheduled to be held on November 13-14 in Charlestown, Mass. Details are available here. March 14, 2007: Medicalphysicsweb interviewed our very own Qianqian Fang for a recent special report on optical breast imaging, which includes a profile of work done in the PMI Lab. |
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September 20, 2006: Nature Network Boston has posted an article about our collaboration with Texas A&M University researchers, studying brain activity in infants.
April 24, 2006: Our very own Matt Bouchard has been awarded a 2006 SPIE Scholarship. Congratulations to Matt.
February 27, 2006: Boston's WBUR recently sat down with several of our researchers to talk about our neonatal brain imaging study. Listen to the segment here.
