US-France Cooperative Research: Computational Tools for Brain Research

这个美法合作研究项目是明尼苏达大学Guillermo Sapiro的研究小组与法国国家信息学和应用数学研究所(INRIA)在索菲亚安提波利斯的Odysee研究实验室的Odysee研究实验室之间的合作项目，重点是开发用于脑成像研究的计算工具。这项研究涉及大脑发育和形状变形、扩散张量成像分析和大脑功能数据的分析。他们将把基于偏微分方程的高级计算工具应用于从明尼苏达大学磁共振研究中心获得的数据。智力上的好处：该项目将促进大脑成像研究的知识，使用和开发新的计算工具。这项研究致力于跨学科研究领域的理论和计算框架。广泛的影响：所提出的计算技术在脑成像和医学成像技术的一般领域中都有应用。这项合作利用了法国在计算机和生物视觉感知以及大脑活动的功能成像和建模方面的专业知识。通过这个奖项，美国学生有机会在国际研究环境中发展研究技能，并为未来的合作与法国研究人员建立伙伴关系。

0404617SapiroThis U.S.-France cooperative research project between Guillermo Sapiro's research group at the University of Minnesota and the Odysee research laboratory led by Olivier Faugeras and Rachid Deriche at the French National Institute for Research in Informatics and Applied Mathematics (INRIA) in Sophia Antipolis focuses on the development of computational tools for brain imaging studies. The research addresses brain development and shape deformations, diffusion tensor imaging analysis and analysis of functional brain data. They will apply advanced computational tools based on partial differential equations to data obtained from the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research at the University of Minnesota.Intellectual Merit: The project will advance knowledge in brain imaging research, using and developing novel computational tools. The research addresses theoretical and computational frameworks in an interdisciplinary research area.Broader Impacts: The proposed computational techniques have applications in brain imaging and in the general area of medical imaging techniques. The collaboration takes advantage of French expertise in computer and biological vision perception and functional imaging and modeling of brain activity. Through this award, U.S. students are given the opportunity to develop research skills in an international research environment and partnerships with French researchers for future collaborations.