Imaging Archive — Page 11 of 13
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January 25, 2016
Using MRI to assess myelin health
Vanderbilt investigators report an improved model for estimating brain health, using MRI. -
July 30, 2015
Brown to head cancer registry for Y-90 tumor treatments
Dan Brown, M.D., professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and chief of Interventional Oncology, will spearhead a national Vanderbilt-led research registry that tracks cancer patients whose tumors are treated with Yttrium-90 (Y-90), a radioactive isotope. -
June 25, 2015
Grant to spur study of ‘brown fat’s’ metabolic mysteries
Vanderbilt researchers have received a $2.15 million grant to study the amount and activity of “brown fat” in adults, with the aim of understanding its role in metabolic disease and identifying new therapeutic targets. -
June 17, 2015
Lit up COX-2 cancer probe
A new imaging probe developed by Vanderbilt investigators enhances tumor visibility and has broad applications in diagnosing and monitoring patients with cancer. -
June 16, 2015
A view of brain function in disease
Vanderbilt investigators report the first use of a specialized type of MRI to study the hippocampus in patients with schizophrenia. -
March 2, 2015
Results challenge conventional wisdom about where the brain begins processing visual information
A new brain imaging study challenges conventional wisdom about how and where in the brain the processing of visual orientation information first occurs. -
January 22, 2015
VUMC research cores speed pace of discovery
Progress against America’s most intractable health challenges, among them heart disease, cancer and diabetes, requires the best minds, the latest tools and the easy collaboration demanded by 21st century science.