NEUROIMAGING IN MEDICAL REHABILITATION RESEARCH

功能成像在医疗康复中的重要作用 研究在国家研究中心的研究计划中得到认可 医学康复研究(NCMRR)。多学科交叉的优点 研究活动在目标和研究机会中显而易见 研究计划的一部分，但到目前为止，功能神经成像 研究和医疗康复研究通常取得了如下进展 完全不同的活动。这两个学科需要更好地理解 功能神经成像能力与重要的 医疗康复研究中未解决的问题，以利于 研究成果的临床应用。一个科学研讨会将是 为此目的而举办，也是为了产生 神经成像仪与康复之间的多学科活动 研究人员。 一个为期三天的科学研讨会将由世界卫生组织赞助 鲍曼·格雷医学院，1993年5月23-25日，温斯顿-塞勒姆， 北卡罗来纳州。这次会议将由一个组委会安排。 由被公认为科学和技术领域领袖的人组成 功能神经成像，基础和临床神经科学，以及 医疗康复研究。 研讨会的科学计划旨在关注 神经功能成像对医学优先领域的影响 NCMRR研究计划中描述的康复研究。这个 计划格式包括正式演示和有组织的讨论 会议期间，约50名功能神经成像专家和 医疗康复研究将解决四个关键角色 功能神经成像有望在医学上具有 康复--研究。它们是：产生基本的科学 了解与特定残疾相关的脑功能指数， 无论是什么原因；定位大脑、脊髓和/或 与残疾相关的外周神经系统；监测 引起残疾的损害和残疾的时间变化 在衡量外科手术的结果和效果时， 药理和医疗康复干预。 研讨会出版的会议记录将提供给 研究人员在功能成像，医疗康复研究和 基础神经科学。

The important roles of functional imaging in medical rehabilitation research are recognized in the Research Plan of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR). The merits of multidisciplinary research activities is apparent in the Goals and Research Opportunities section of the Research Plan, but until now functional neuroimaging research and medical rehabilitation research typically have progressed as disparate activities. The two disciplines need a better understanding of the capabilities of functional neuroimaging as related to the important unsolved problems in medical rehabilitation research to facilitate clinical applications of research results. A scientific workshop will be held for this purpose and also to engender collaborative multidisciplinary activities between neuroimagers and rehabilitation researchers. A three day scientific workshop will be held under the auspices of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine on May 23-25, 1993, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The meeting will be planned by an organizing committee comprised of persons recognized as leaders in the science and techniques of functional neuroimaging, the basic and clinical neurosciences, and medical rehabilitation research. The scientific program for the workshop is designed to focus on the impact of functional neuroimaging on the priority areas in medical rehabilitation research described in the NCMRR Research Plan. The program format includes formal presentations and structured discussion sessions wherein approximately 50 experts in functional neuroimaging and medical rehabilitation research will address four of the vital roles functional neuroimaging is expected to have in medical rehabilitation-research. These are: generating basic scientific knowledge of brain function indices related to specific disabilities, whatever the cause; locating the foci in the brain, spinal cord and/or the peripheral nervous system related to the disability; monitoring the changes over time of the lesions causing disability and of the disability itself; and, measuring the outcomes and effectiveness of surgical, pharmacological and medical rehabilitation interventions. The published proceedings of the workshop will be made available to investigators in functional imaging, medical rehabilitation research and basic neuroscience.