Imaging Archive — Page 13 of 14

Ribbon covered in multicolored jigsaw-puzzle pieces, with four loose puzzle pieces on a gray background.
November 27, 2013

Autism narrows brain’s reward response

MRI brain scans reveal that children with autism spectrum disorders respond to a narrower range of familiar rewards.

Two adults attend to a young child lying in a foam tube with a device over her face, practicing for an MRI in a child-friendly room decorated with colorful stickers.
October 31, 2013

Program helps children complete MRIs sedation-free

Natalie Ortiz is a typical six-year-old first grader — happy, active and fidgety — the kind of patient often sedated for a lengthy Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan.

September 19, 2013

Ultrasound Section of Radiology receives AIUM re-accreditation

The Ultrasound Section of Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology recently received maximum length re-accreditation through the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the largest ultrasound organization in the world.

Surreal blue human head surrounded by glowing molecular structures, flowing waveforms, geometric lines, and columns of numbers, evoking science and artificial intelligence.
September 16, 2013

Mapping brain membrane proteins

New mass spectrometry imaging methods will enable studies of the distribution and identification of membrane proteins directly within tissues.

Three researchers stand beside a Philips MRI scanner in an imaging laboratory: a man in a shirt and tie, a woman in blue, and a woman in glasses and a purple jacket.
September 12, 2013

MRI used as new tool in predicting lymphedema risk

A new Vanderbilt study is the first to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to noninvasively measure lymphatic flow.

Multiple blue-toned sagittal MRI scans of the human brain arranged together, with white technical labels overlaid.
July 12, 2013

Methods for imaging myelin loss

Certain MRI metrics can be used to assess myelin loss in multiple sclerosis, which is important for planning and monitoring therapy.