Date : mercredi 22 juin 2016

Intitulé du poste : Workshop Microstructure, Montréal, Canada

Présentation de l'évènement :

« Toward a super big brain : promises and pitfalls of microstructural imaging »

Measuring tissue microstructure is essential for understanding many physiological processes associated with development, aging and disease progression. A non­invasive approach to performing histological measurements will revolutionize the way we observe the effects of disease, exercise, and injuries on the human brain. As microstructural changes often precede the manifestation of symptoms, non­invasive tissue characterization has the potential to provide faster diagnosis, closer disease monitoring and better prognosis.

Over the last ten years we have seen tremendous advances in the fields of diffusion and myelin imaging, enabling us to glean microstructural information on a scale that is orders of magnitude smaller than the native MRI resolution. Advances in hardware and pulse sequence design have enabled us to ask specific questions about the distribution of axons and myelin in the brain, but the answers will have to come from an interdisciplinary approach that combines multi­modal imaging and sophisticated biophysical models of brain microstructure.  This symposium aims to highlight the most recent advances in microstructural imaging and discuss the challenges associated with developing, testing and validating novel MRI biomarkers.

More information : https://www.rbiq-qbin.qc.ca/en/event/4322