Imaging

Measuring key aspects of the brain, such as its structure and molecular biology, helps us understand both the hallmarks of the healthy brain and the harbingers of disease. New studies are needed to translate our knowledge of vascular health in other organs, like the heart, and apply it to the brain. We seek funding for new instruments to support this work, including next-generation positron emission tomography (PET) cameras along with a novel device that can stimulate the brain with precision and study how it responds.

With a progressive disease like cancer, every day counts. Treating the patient with an ineffective therapy can have dire consequences, as time wasted allows the disease to progress. Precision imaging helps clinicians better understand each patient’s subtype of disease and choose the most appropriate treatment strategy. We hope to invest in technology and equipment that will expedite clinical trials studying how to predict a patient’s response to certain cancer therapies more accurately.

We’re focused on blending the computational power of AI with the expertise of our radiologists to increase the precision of radiologists’ work and enable more timely diagnoses. We aim to provide funding to faculty who are dedicated to leveraging AI methods to create more personalized treatment strategies for a wide range of conditions.

Image-guided therapy helps clinicians plan, conduct and evaluate surgical procedures and therapeutic interventions. It holds the promise of increasing the precision of personalized treatments and the safety of minimally invasive therapies. We seek to support the development of techniques that will lead to new therapies for complex conditions such as cancer, brain disorders and cardiovascular diseases.