Brainmap: Robert Barry PhD- Neuroimaging of Brain and Spinal Cord at 7 Tesla

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain and spinal cord at an ultra-high magnetic field of 7 Tesla offers new opportunities to visualize structures with high spatial resolution and enhanced conspicuity, and to detect functional networks with greater sensitivity. This talk will highlight some of the technical challenges and recent advancements in functional imaging of the human brain and spinal cord at 7 Tesla, and discuss how this research may translate to the clinic to facilitate a more complete understanding of biological processes and etiologies of central nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

About the Speaker

Robert Barry completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, and then pursued postdoctoral studies at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2014, he was the lead author on a publication demonstrating the first conclusive evidence of resting state correlations in the human spinal cord using functional MRI. Robert is the recipient of a K99/R00 award, and joined the Martinos faculty in June 2016 to pursue neuroimaging of the brain and spinal cord at ultra-high magnetic fields.