DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MRI is the only technology that can image the connectivity of the human brain in vivo and non-invasively. However, neither BOLD fMRI nor diffusion-based fiber tracking has been able to break the barrier of 1-mm voxel spatial resolution.
Funded Awards
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TitleMRI Corticography (MRCoG): Micro-scale Human Cortical Imaging
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David Alan Feinberg, Chunlei Liu, Pratik Mukherjee, Kawin Setsompop
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university of california berkeley
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TitlePath Toward MRI with Direct Sensitivity to Neuro-Electro-Magnetic Oscillations
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Allen W Song
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duke university
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to the NIH RFA-MH-14-217 on "Planning for Next Generation Human Brain Imaging", we propose a comprehensive plan to organize the much needed technological resources and interdisciplinary research team for developing the next generation MRI technol
TitleVascular Interfaces for Brain Imaging and Stimulation
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Robert Desimone
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massachusetts institute of technology
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Functional MRI (fMRI), EEG, and other completely noninvasive modalities for large-scale imaging of human brain activity have pioneeringly revealed many human brain functions, but cannot reach the single-neuron, single-spike level of neural code analysis poss