Multiple Sclerosis

UCAIR is developing a new research program to study Multiple Sclerosis on a recently donated 3T MRI scanner. Our new techniques detect and follow lesions in the brain and cervical spine at higher resolution than achieved anywhere else. Below are Diffusion Tensor Images of the white matter of a normal brain. Diffusion tensor MRI can visualize the fiber directions in white-matter, which is the pathway of the information in the brain. The image is color-coded to show in which direction the fibers run ( x, y and z axes).

These data can be reprocessed to reveal fiber continuity, yielding an image that is more readily interpreted:

In this instance the fiber images have been overlaid on an MRI image of the brain.