Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS)

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
December 15, 2015

Gore named fellow of National Academy of Inventors

John Gore, director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Fellowship is granted to “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on society.”

By Bill Snyder
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.
By Leigh MacMillan
April 23, 2015

Study reveals biomarker of post-injury spinal cord function

Vanderbilt University researchers have demonstrated, for the first time in a primate model, that injury disrupts neural signaling in the spinal cord and that these changes can be measured non-invasively with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
By Bill Snyder
February 5, 2015

Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging Science conference set for May 12-15

Imaging technologies and image-guided interventions will be highlighted during “Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging Science V” to be held May 12-15 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center. The event is hosted by the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS).
By Bill Snyder
December 4, 2014

Physician-scientist is dream job for Vanderbilt’s Cassat

Jim Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist who joined the Vanderbilt faculty this summer, loves taking care of children with bone infections and doing research to understand the host-pathogen interactions during these invasive infections.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 29, 2014

‘White matter’ behaves differently in children with dyslexia

Trans-institutional neuroimaging research at Vanderbilt finds that the brain may be structured differently in children with dyslexia.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 5, 2014

Technique brings spinal cord neural signaling into focus

Researchers in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science have achieved the first conclusive non-invasive measurement of neural signaling in the spinal cords of healthy human volunteers.
By Bill Snyder
May 8, 2014

PET probe detects dying tumor cells

A novel PET imaging probe detects tumor cell death in vivo and could be useful for personalizing cancer medicine.
By Leigh MacMillan