Did you know? The Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation celebrates its grand opening today, September 26. Kessler Foundation is now the only freestanding rehabilitation facility in the U.S. with a rehabilitation research-dedicated neuroimaging center. "Our state-of-the-art Neuroimaging Center is designed to accelerate the pace of translational research that improves quality of life for individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities caused by neurological illness and injuries,” said Rodger DeRose, president and chief executive officer of Kessler Foundation. “This new facility greatly expands our potential for collaborative projects with academic and research institutions in the U.S. and abroad.” The $6 million Neuroimaging Center is equipped with a powerful state-of-the-art 3T Siemens Skyra Scanner that is approved for scanning of the brain and spinal cord for Foundation research studies. With capabilities for structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI (fMRI) and MR spectroscopy, researchers can gather information on the structure, tissue, density, and integrity of brain matter, evaluate damage to the spinal cord, and assess degree of neurorecovery. fMRI enables researchers to determine how the brain or spinal cord functions while a research participant is thinking or performing a task.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:52:53 +0000
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