F. M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging
At the Kennedy Krieger Institute

Services as a National Resource

As recipients of the National Research Resource Grant, we also provide services to many investigators. Many scientists have requested assistance in developing new methods for a variety of MRI technologies, including functional MRI, diffusion tensor MRI, MR spectroscopic imaging, and computational anatomy. Our personnel have explored and elaborated on many existing studies, making image acquisition and analysis more robust.
A black-and-white fractional anisotropy map.

A black-and-white fractional anisotropy map. This figure was donated by Dr. Jonathan Farrell.

Services

Investigator Institution Project Title
Dr. Michael Cataldo Kennedy Krieger Institute Neurobehavioral assessment research resources for patients with visual, auditory, communication, and behavioral disorders.
Dr.Michael Weiner VA Medical Center Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Dr. Michael Weiner VA Medical Center Prediction of Cognitive Decline with MRI and MRS
Dr. Helana Chui VA Medical Center Aging Brain: Vasculature, Ischemia, and Behavior
Dr. Bruce Miller VA Medical Center Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images & Emotions
Dr. Michael Weiner VA Medical Center 4 Tesla MRI for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dr. William Brooks Hoglund Brain Imaging Center Neurometabolism and Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury
Kates, Wendy R Upstate Medical University, NY Neuroanatomy and Cognition in Velocardiofacial Syndrome
Reza Shadmehr Johns Hopkins University Motor learning and memory in health and disease
Sperling, R.A. Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital Face-Name Association: fMRI studies in aging & mild AD
Dr. Christos Davatzikos University of Pennsylvania Computational neuroanatomy of aging using shape analysis
Dr. Christos Davatzikos University of Pennsylvania Study of fiber anatomy in mouse development via MRI/DTI
Dr. Christos Davatzikos University of Pennsylvania Modeling/Estimating brain deformation in tumor patients
Dr. Doris Trauner University of California San Diego Neuro-cognitive Outcome After Early Focal Brain Damage
Dimauro, Salvatore Columbia University Health Sciences, NY Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies and Mental Retardation
Constantino, John N Washington University School of Medicine Autistic Traits: Life Course and Genetic Structure
Ronald Yeo University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Brain Metabolism and Outcome Following TBI in Children
David Van Essen Washington University School of Medicine Reconstructions and Representations of Cerebral Cortex
Gonzalez, R Gilberto Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MR Spectroscopy of SIV Brain Injury
Dr. Michael Chopp Henry Ford Health System Center for Stroke Research
Dana F. Boatman Johns Hopkins University Assessment of right hemisphere auditory speech function
Dr. Elizabeth Disbrow University of California Davis Linking Functional Imaging, Neurophysiology & Anatomy
Dr. Susan Spear Bassett Johns Hopkins Medical School Brain Imaging & Cognition in Subjects at Risk for AD