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TRANSVERSAL PLATFORMS

Neuroimaging Platform

MANAGER
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Dr. Manuel Desco (G07)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
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Dra. Nria Bargalió (G04)
Dr. Josep Maria Haro (G11)

Dr. Raymond Salvador (G15)

Dr. Julio Sanjun (G23)

Dr. Benedicto Crespo (G26)

The Neuroimaging Platform is a technical group within CIBERSAM having the main

objective of enhancing the use of quantitative analysis techniques in neuroimaging. ñ
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This Platform is the link between groups specializing in processing and analysis in
the CIBER de Mental Salud. It also acts as a bridge between clinical users and ex-

ternal groups having a technical profile and proven experience in image processing.

The permanent resources of the Neuroimaging Platform are located in the Medi-
cal Imaging Laboratory of the Experimental Surgery and Medicine Unit of Hospital

General Universitario Gregorio Maran, Madrid. The services of this Platform are

available for all investigators of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de
Salud Mental (CIBERSAM).

Some of the activities conducted by the Neuroimaging Platform in 2013 include

the implementation of a neuroimaging processing and analysis protocol (structural,
disseminating and functional processing flows), the constant update of acquisition

sequences in magnetic resonance as well as the development of methods of advan- 13
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ced quantification and statistical analysis of structural and functional connectivity 2
in psychotic, autistic and healthy subjects. In relation to the resources available in RT
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the Platform, maintenance of the DICOM image server via web has been extremely EP
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useful for storing a large volume of anonymized images, including the different AL
magnetic resonance imaging types. Neuroimaging processing was made more effi- U
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cient this year as a result of managing the parallel processing server using virtua- A
lization, which is very useful in multicentre studies. The platform also continued /
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updating and broadening the range of available processing tools, highlighting the SA
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development of tools for the processing and statistical analysis of fMRI images in BE
small animals.
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