CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH--IMAGE PROCESSING MODULE

范德比尔特视觉研究中心（VVRC）跨越大学， 艺术和科学，皮博迪学院，工程学院和学院 医学要求对五个模块提供不间断的核心赠款支持。 动物护理提供专门的住房，繁殖和丰富， 手术准备和协助以及其他服务 动物护理部 计算机编程和支持提供 软件和硬件支持以及可视化定制编程 显示、实时数据采集和数据分析。 计算机 图形和插图提供数字和摄影设施 以及为期刊制作彩色或单色插图的服务， 幻灯片和海报。 电子和机械商店维修或设计， 制造专门的光学、机械和电子仪器。 需要对图像处理模块提供新的支持， 在fMRI和其他图像数据采集和分析中。 要求行政支持，以确保持续顺利和 VVRC研究和训练任务的稳定运行。 每个 模块由已经或正在竞争NEI的研究者指导 资金，有才华和经验丰富的工作人员，并提供服务， 否则就无法获得，或者将非常昂贵 或慢。 在上一个赠款期间，每个模块都得到适度使用 至少有四名调查员。 在上一个赠款期间， 调查人员制作了数百份出版物， 对基础和临床视觉科学的重要贡献。 的 核心补助金显著增加了愿景之间的合作 范德比尔特校园和其他机构的研究人员; 因此，该研究中心的强大的基础研究使命， 通过临床研究人员的参与来增强。 核心补助金 提高了我们招募世界级视觉研究人员的能力， 范德比尔特，并结合NEI培训补助金，已改善 我们通过VVRC培训培养新的视觉科学家 程序. VVRC调查员的高水平业绩， 取决于新的核心赠款支持，将与新校园协同作用- 在范德比尔特的神经科学研究和培训的广泛倡议。

The Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) spanning the College of Arts and Science, Peabody College, School of Engineering and School of Medicine requests uninterrupted Core grant support for five modules. Animal Care provides specialized housing, breeding and enrichment, surgical preparation and assistance and other services not provided by the Division of Animal Care. Computer Programming and Support provides software and hardware support as well as custom programming of visual displays, real-time data acquisition and data analysis. Computer Graphics and Illustration provides digital and photographic facilities and services to produce color or monochrome illustrations for journals, slides and posters. Electronic and Machine Shops repair or design and fabricate specialized optical, mechanical and electronic instruments. New support is requested for an Image Processing module to provide aid in acquisition and analysis of fMRI and other image data. Administrative support is requested to insure continued smooth and stable operation of the VVRC research and training missions. Each module is directed by an investigator who has or is competing for NEI funding, has talented and experienced staff and provides services that are either otherwise not available or would be prohibitively expensive or slow. Over the last grant period, each module was used moderately by at least four investigators. During the last grant period VVRC investigators produced several hundred publications that made fundamental contributions to basic and clinical visual science. The Core grant has noticeably increased collaborations between vision researchers across the Vanderbilt campus and with other institutions; as a result, the strong basic research mission of the VVRC has been enhanced by participation of clinical researchers. The Core grant has improved our ability to recruit world-class vision researchers to Vanderbilt and, in conjunction with an NEI training grant, has improved our development of new vision scientists through the VVRC Training Program. The high level of performance of VVRC investigators, which depends on renewed Core grant support, will synergize with new campus- wide initiatives in neuroscience research and training at Vanderbilt.