Massachusetts General Hospital

The Martinos Center's dual mission includes translational research and technology development. The core technologies being developed and used at the center are magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalograpy (EEG), near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse optical tomography (DOT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), electrophysiology, molecular imaging, and computational image analysis. A particular area of innovation at the Center is Multimodal Functional Neuroimaging which involves the integration of imaging technologies. We are also world leaders in the development of primate neuroimaging techniques. Major areas of research at the center include, psychiatric, neurologic and neurovascular disorders, basic and cognitive neuroscience, cardiovascular disease, cancer and more. With an extensive and expanding inventory of state-of-the-art imaging facilities, a world class team of investigators and collaborators, and important government, industry and private supporters, the Martinos Center is leading the way to new advances and applications in biomedical imaging.

 Learn more by visiting the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging website.

Supercomputer 'virtual cleanse' aims to ease CT colonography prep

Image processing technologies being tested by Massachusetts General Hospital intend to take the yuck factor out of colorectal cancer screenings.

On a quest to map the brain's hidden territory

Dr. Van Wedeen, a physicist and radiologist at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, is helping to lead an effort to develop a superscanner that can provide new insight into the brain.

'Brain bucket' improves MRI brain scans, could impact Alzheimer's fight

Developed and implemented at Massachusetts General Hospital, the device is a helmet featuring a myriad of sensors and coils connected an MRI machine.

Scans reveal intricate brain wiring

Mass General Imaging researchers are generating images of the brain using one of the world’s most powerful scanners.