IMAGING MODULE

a.模块的功能。 该拟议模块是从组织学模块演变而来的，以满足不断扩大的成像 CVS核心用户的需求。在过去的五年里，许多令人兴奋的发展已经取得了进展。 在罗切斯特的视觉科学中占有一席之地，随着这些发展，对成像的需求已经 大幅增加，并扩大到新技术。的一些主要 发展包括建立罗切斯特脑成像中心（RCBI）， 其最先进的3 T磁铁，CVS和罗切斯特大学眼科联合收购 共聚焦成像设备研究所，以及一些新聘请的视觉科学家， 从细胞和分子生物学，到皮层电路，生理学和 心理物理学拟议的单元将包括三个部分：组织学设施， 共聚焦成像设备和功能/结构MRI设备。一个高素质的全职 技术人员将为这三个组成部分配备人员。

a. Functions of the module. This proposed module has evolved from the Histology Module to meet the expanding imaging needs of CVS Core users. During the past five years many exciting developments have taken place in vision science at Rochester and with those developments, the needs for imaging have increased substantially and have broadened to new technologies. Some of the major developments include the establishment of the Rochester Center for Brain Imaging (RCBI), with its state-of-the-art 3T magnet, the joint acquisition by CVS and the University of Rochester Eye Institute of the Confocal Imaging Facility, and a number of newly hired vision scientists, working in areas ranging from cell and molecular biology, to cortical circuitry, physiology and psychophysics. The proposed module will consist of three components: Histology Facility, Confocal Imaging Facility and Functional/Structural MRI Facility. A highly qualified full-time technician will staff each of these three components.