CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCH--IMAGE PROCESSING MODULE

范德比尔特视力研究中心(VVRC) 艺术与科学，皮博迪学院，工程学院和 MEDICE要求为五个模块提供不间断的核心赠款支持。 动物保护中心提供专门的住房、繁育和丰富， 手术准备和协助及其他非 动物保育部。计算机编程和支持提供 软件和硬件支持以及VISUAL 显示、实时数据采集和数据分析。电脑 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。电子和机械车间维修或设计和 制造专业的光学、机械和电子仪器。 请求为图像处理模块提供新的支持以提供帮助 用于采集和分析功能磁共振成像和其他图像数据。 要求行政支持，以确保继续顺利和 VVRC研究和培训任务运行稳定。每个人 模块由已经或正在竞争NEI的调查人员指导 资金，拥有有才华和经验的员工，并提供以下服务 要么是买不到，要么是贵得令人望而却步 或者很慢。在上一次赠款期间，每个模块都得到了适度的使用 至少有四名调查人员。在上一次授予期间，VVRC 调查人员制作了数百份出版物，使 对基础和临床视觉科学的基础贡献。这个 核心赠款显著增加了VISION之间的合作 范德比尔特大学校园和其他机构的研究人员； 因此，VVRC强大的基础研究使命一直是 通过临床研究人员的参与而得到加强。核心奖助金 提高了我们招募世界级视觉研究人员的能力 范德比尔特，并与NEI培训赠款相结合，改善了 我们通过VVRC培训培养新的视觉科学家 程序。VVRC调查人员的高水平表现， 取决于更新的核心拨款支持，将与新园区协同工作- 范德比尔特在神经科学研究和培训方面的广泛倡议。

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.