Project:	Advanced Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Disciplines:	Neuroscience, Computational Image Processing
Mentor:	Michael Zeineh, Associate Professor of Radiology, (BBE), mzeineh@stanford.edu, Phone: 650-722-2235
Mentor URL:	http://med.stanford.edu/zeinehlab.html  (opens in new window)
AO Contact:	Mario Wences, marlan27@stanford.edu
Background:	NOTE: This project is being offered by a Caltech alum and is open only to Caltech students. The project will be conducted at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. We have a variety of multimodal imaging techniques applied to both Alzheimer’s disease and mild traumatic brain injury, looking at both human imaging and post-mortem brain tissues.
Description:	One project would be using a new technique called computation light scattering to assess histology slides. Another would be segmenting microstructural images of myelin using X-ray tomography. Another would be assisting in image processing/segmentation of MRI and PET datasets in AD and MRI datasets in mild traumatic brain injury. MRI processing includes rsfMRI, QSM, ASL, DTI, etc. PET includes Tau tracers.
Student Requirements:	Heavy computing skills: bash/unix, python, matlab, MRI and/or histolgy image processing and segmentation
Programs:	This AO can be done under the following programs:   Program    Available To        SURF    Caltech students only  Click on a program name for program info and application requirements.