Master (thesis)

Research subject

Processing of MRI data from the brain and spinal cord

Director/codirector

Director: Julien Cohen-Adad  

Posting

End of posting : 30 June 2013

Units and departments

Department of Electrical Engineering, NeuroPoly, Biomedical Science and Technologies Research Centre (GRSTB)

Detailed description

Context

MRI is routinely used in clinics to detect certain diseases such as multiple sclerosis or stroke. However, clinical MRI is limited due to its low sensitivity for detecting abnormalities in the white matter (axons). New MRI techniques now allow characterization of myelin from axons, and therefore provide a better diagnosis. However, these techniques require particular image processing before they can be interpreted by radiologists. The goal of this project is to develop new methods that can then be used clinically to quantify abnormalities of axons in the brain and spinal cord.

Objectives

1. Familiarization acquisition of MRI data in human subjects
2. Programming a pipeline for processing MRI images
3. Application of the method in patients with stroke and spinal cord injury.

Collaboration

This project is done in collaboration with the Functional Neuroimaging Unit (UdeM) and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Harvard).

Conditions

Having programming skills (Matlab, C / C + +), physics, statistics, and image processing is an asset.

How to apply?

Please send me:

• your CV
• your notes
• the name of two referrees.

Possible funding

Possibilities of funding.

NSERC subjects

• 1900 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
• 1901 Biomedical technology
• 3100 PHYSICS
• 3102 Nuclear physics
• 6400 LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH RELATED TO HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
• 9000 MEDICAL SCIENCES