Neuroimaging

Neuroimaging at the IoP is world renowned.The Department is embedded in the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, a joint venture between the IoP and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). The Centre provides, under one roof, an interdisciplinary research environment that combines the development of high resolution structural, functional and metabolic mapping techniques, with expertise in the definition, diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The CNS houses a dedicated GE 3T Signa HD.x MRI scanner, a GE 1.5T Signa HD.x clinical scanner. Both machines are capable of performing functional, spectroscopic, anatomical and pathological mapping techniques. Current research projects span neurodegeneration, epilepsy, stroke, psychosis, affective disorders, developmental disorders and normal brain function using a battery of neuroimaging techniques including perfusion, diffusion, functional and structural imaging. Our overall long-term objective is to translate ongoing pre-clinical developments in neuroimaging to the clinic, improving diagnosis and treatment.