Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core

我们要求资金在校园内建立一个新的COBRE磁共振成像核心。 位于内华达州癌症研究所（NVCI）的内华达州里诺大学和 克利夫兰诊所卢鲁沃脑健康中心，都位于内华达州拉斯维加斯。核心将被引导 并由一个开放式的终身教职人员管理，以待本提案的资金到位。 核心将首次提供必要的基础设施， 核磁共振成像（MRI）研究。核心将提供获得完善的尖端人类核磁共振成像 鲁沃脑健康中心的扫描和NVCI的动物扫描。此外，核心将 在UNR校园建立一个最先进的计算机实验室，配备工作站，数字 存储，培训和技术支持，以及用于分析人类和动物磁场的软件 共振数据该核心将直接支持COBRE项目1（Berryhill博士）和1（Caplovitz博士）的目标。 和5（朱博士），并将有利于任何和所有教师和学生感兴趣的MRI研究，包括 UNR医学院的成员最近投资了一个小型动物的核磁共振成像系统， 扫描仪计算机实验室将容纳八台Macintosh工作站，安装各种MRI 分析软件包，包括BrainVoyager、MATLAB、AFNI/SUMA、SPM和DTI Studio， 与内华达州INBRE生物信息学中心有直接联系。该中心还将提供培训和培养 合作使用MRI数据和数据分析。要求资金提供年度学费 支持教师和研究生参加Athinoula A. Martinos中心：功能性MRI访问 Fellowip计划。此外，核心将赞助辅导讲习班的教师和学生的方法 以及MRI技术的应用。核心将举办每月一次的“MRI成像会议”， 对神经影像学感兴趣的教师和学生。这次会议将提供一个机制， 合作和吸引新成员加入UNR神经科学研究社区。

We request the funds to establish a new COBRE Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core on the campus of the University of Nevada Reno with additional resources located at the Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, both located in Las Vegas, NV. The core will be directed and managed by a open-rank tenure track faculty person to be hired pending the funding of this proposal. The core will provide for the first time, the infrastructure necessary to conduct human and animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI research. The core will provide access to well-established cutting-edge human MRI scanning at the Ruvo Center of Brain Health and animal scanning at the NVCI. In addition the core will establish, on the UNR campus, a state-of-the-art computer laboratory equipped with workstations, digital storage, training and technical support, and software for the analysis of human and animal magnetic resonance data. This core will directly support the aims of COBRE projects 1 (Dr. Berryhill), 1 (Dr. Caplovitz) and 5 (Dr. Zhu) and will benefit any and all faculty and students interested in MRI research including members ofthe UNR School of Medicine who have recently invested in a comnpact small-animal MRI scanner. The computer laboratory will house eight Macintosh workstations installed with a variety of MRI analysis software packages including BrainVoyager, MATLAB, AFNI/SUMA, SPM and DTI Studio and will have direct links with the Nevada INBRE Bioinformatics Center. This core will also provide training and foster collaboration in the use of MRI data and data analyses. Funds are requested to provide annual tuition support for faculty and graduate students to attend the Athinoula A. Martinos Center: Functional MRI Visiting Fellowip program. In addition the core will sponsor tutorial workshops for facutly and students in the mehtods and applications of MRI technology. The core will host a monthly "MRI Imaging Meeting" to bring together faculty and students with interests in neuroimaging. This meeting will provide a mechansim for fostering collaboration and attracting new members into the UNR neuroscience research community.