Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS)

June 7, 2018

New PET/CT scanner set to expand research opportunities

A research-dedicated PET/CT scanner installed recently in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) will expand opportunities for Vanderbilt researchers to conduct studies of a wide range of disorders, from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.

By Bill Snyder
April 19, 2018

MRI technique detects spinal cord changes in MS patients: study

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting-state spinal cord function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

By Bill Snyder
March 22, 2018

Kidney disease imaging

Making multiple measurements with MRI can provide comprehensive information about the molecular and cellular changes caused by kidney injury.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 15, 2018

New imaging approach offers unprecedented views of staph infection

A new integrated imaging approach makes it possible to probe the molecules involved in invasive infections and can be broadly applied to any health or disease state.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 9, 2018

VUIIS Center for Small Animal Imaging open house March 23

The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science’s Center for Small Animal Imaging is having an open house March 23.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 12, 2018

BOLD view of white matter

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered that functional MRI detects neural activity in both gray and white matter in the brain, suggesting new ways to investigate diseases such as Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.

By Bill Snyder
August 18, 2017

Predicting brain surgery outcomes

Assessing brain functional and structural connectivity in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy may be a useful way to identify the best candidates for surgical treatment.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 14, 2017

PET imaging to predict tumor response

A PET probe that detects the amino acid glutamine predicts whether tumors respond to certain targeted therapies in preclinical animal models.
By Leigh MacMillan
May 25, 2017

Study finds common brain scanning technique maps electrical activity as precisely as more invasive methods

A commonly used brain scanning technique can map electrical activity under the skull as precisely as more invasive methods that rely on probes or electrodes, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) reported this month.
By Bill Snyder
April 27, 2017

Abramson to lead new Department of Radiology innovation program

Richard Abramson, M.D., will engage in creative program development as the Department of Radiology’s first Vice Chair for Innovation.
By Doug Campbell
March 9, 2017

Pettigrew lecture

Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., right, director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health, poses for a photo with Vanderbilt’s John Gore, Ph.D., left, and André Churchwell, M.D., following his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 22, 2016

New prostate cancer therapy investigated at VUMC

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the world’s first site to treat a patient in the TULSA-PRO Ablation Clinical Trial (TACT), which employs an emerging therapy that uses MRI guidance and robotically driven therapeutic ultrasound to obtain precise prostate cancer tissue ablation.
By Craig Boerner
January 25, 2016

Using MRI to assess myelin health

Vanderbilt investigators report an improved model for estimating brain health, using MRI.
By Sanjay Mishra
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