Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) Archive — Page 5 of 6

Patient table entering a brightly illuminated medical imaging scanner, viewed head-on with vivid green, blue, and red lighting.
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
Stylized brain composed of electronic circuit-board traces in black, orange, yellow, pink, blue, and green, surrounded by faint gears, clouds, arrows, and human silhouettes on a gray background.
March 28, 2014

Mapping brain circuitry

Vanderbilt investigators have used two types of neuroimaging to establish a “map” of connections for a brain region important in anxiety and addiction.

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of John Gore wearing glasses and a brown jacket over a checked shirt, with bookshelves in the background.
February 13, 2014

Gore honored by Zhejiang University

John Gore, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt University Institute for Imaging Science, was named an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, China, during his recent visit to Zhejiang University School of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three men in suits stand on a stage; the man on the left shakes hands with the man in the center while the man on the right looks on. A large silver bowl sits at the lower right.
August 22, 2013

Gore, Bernard receive research awards at Faculty Assembly

“Vanderbilt’s Nobel Prize,” the Earl Sutherland Prize for achievement in research, was awarded to John Gore at the Fall Faculty Assembly, while Gordon Bernard received the Thomas Jefferson Award for distinguished service to Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
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.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 27, 2013

Academy of Radiology Research honors VU’s Gore, Omary

Two leaders in imaging science at Vanderbilt University are among 43 recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research, academy officials announced last week.

By Bill Snyder