Medical Bioimaging Symposium Israël-Québec
Tel Aviv, May 27-28
List of Lecteurs from Québec
Names
Organizations
Expertise
Alan Evans
MNI (McGill)
Anne Gallagher
Université de
Montréal
Université de
Montréal
Neuroimaging, Web-based Brain Imaging and Databasing Network, Image simulation,
Structural brain mapping methodology and applications
Optical imaging for children: epilepsy, tuberous sclerosis etc.
Christian Casanova
Édith Hamel
MNI (McGill)
Julien Doyon
CRIUGM (UofM)
Franco Lepore
Université de
Montréal
Cerebral mechanisms involved in normal and pathophysiological visual processing ;
neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, and neurochemistry ; in vivo
Imaging
In vivo simulation of selected brain pathways; brain imaging
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Pedro Rosa-Neto
Douglas (McGill)
Contribution of the cortico-striatal, cortico-cerebellar systems and sleep to motor skill
learning, consolidation and automatisation as revealed by neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, TMS)
and new methods of imaging analysis
Cerebral plasticity of blind and deaf people.
Rat Sensory system organization
Children and baby Visual system development for children and prematured or carried to
term babies
Audiovisual and hapticvisual interactions
Brain-imaging techniques including positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), neurodegenerative diseases
Medical Bioimaging Symposium Israël-Québec
Tel Aviv, May 27-28
Lecteurs from Israel
Names
Organizations
Expertise
Assaf Tal
assaf.tal@weizmann.ac.il
Weizmann Instituteof
Science
Avi Karni
Avi.karni@yahoo.com
University of Haifa
My lab develops new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methodologies to better
understand the human body.
Most atomic nuclei possess an intrinsic magnetic moment. By shaping the
electromagnetic fields inside the MRI scanner we interact with these moments, with
which we can observe the structure, physiology and biochemistry of the human body in
vivo and non-invasively. Developing new ways of manipulating the nuclear spins can
provide us not only with important tools to diagnose disease, but also with a better
understanding of the basic biological processes which govern us.
Using behavioral (psychophysics) and brain imaging (fMRI) techniques, the lab focuses
on studying what drives the ability of the human brain to change with experience and
establish effective long-term memory:
Work relates to neuro-behavioral constraints on learning and skill (procedural memory)
acquisition, sleep, development and neurological rehabilitation.
Yael Mardor
Sheba Medical
Center
Brain MRI (depiction of subtle BBB disruption, tissue characterization, response
to therapy), Brain tumors (imaging and therapy), drug delivery into the CNS
Tel Aviv University
The main research interest of the lab is measuring brain micro-structure with
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The general work hypothesis is that brain
structure, function and behavior are linked. Under this hypothesis we study the
anatomical characteristics of brain tissue as well as structural aspects of neuroplasticity and behavioral correlates.
Neurology, Neurophysiology (Cellular, neuronal network, system and clinical
neuroelectrophysiology), Cellular Imaging, Molecular and Cellular Biology
yael.mardor@sheba.health.gov.il
Yaniv Assaf
assafyan@tauex.tau.ac.il
Sheba Medical
nicola.maggio@sheba.health.gov.il Center
Nicola Maggio
Hayit Greenspan
hayit@eng.tau.ac.il
Tel Aviv University
•MRI Brain Image Analysis; affiliated as a Faculty member in the Sagol school
of Brain research and Neuroscience
◦Augmenting resolution in MRI;
Medical Bioimaging Symposium Israël-Québec
Tel Aviv, May 27-28
◦Neurological diseases, Multiple-Sclerosis;
•CT lesion analysis;
◦Liver lesions – detection, segmentation, characterization in time
(Collaborations with Radiology Dept, Stanford & Head of CT Abdomen Unit at
Sheba medical center, Israel)
◦Mammmography
- microcalcification analysis, using deep learning
methodologies
◦Interstitial Lung Disease - characterization in CT
•Uterine-cervix image analysis and indexing for cancer screening;
•Medical image retrieval from large archives (PACS).
The role of blood-brain barrier in pathophysiology of brain disorders: structural
and functional brain imaging.
Alon Friedman
Alonf@bgu.ac.il
Ben Gurion University
Ilan Distein
dinshi@bgu.ac.il
Ben Gurion University
Functional and structural MRI and EEG in autism and ADHD. Identification of
early markers for autism diagnosis in toddlers.
Gadi Goelman
gadig@hadassah.org.il
Hadassah Medical
Center
Functional MRI studies of a rat model of Parkinson's disease.
Functional characterization of motor cortical areas of a rat with
Development of new approaches for mapping neuronal functional
Information transfer and plasticity in the rat barrel field using
Theoretical analysis of neuronal communication and the MRI signal.
Development of new MRI contrast based on spatial correlation Testing the effect of FTS on recovery from head trauma
We conduct parallel research in vision research:
On one hand (I.)
psychophysically, functional fMRI and computational aspects on several topics
such as adaptation of different visual properties, induction, completion of lines
(Kanizsa illusion). On the other hand (II.) developing generic algorithms which
are yielded from the above computational models and in addition developing
specific medical applications of these algorithms for medical images. It occurs
also that the computational models yield ideas for new experimental studies and
to discovery of new visual effects (such as chromatic Mach bands and specific
spatial properties of adaptation effects).
Hedva Spitzer
Hedva@eng.tau.ac.il
Medical Bioimaging Symposium Israël-Québec
Tel Aviv, May 27-28