Section on Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences (SQITS)
NICHD
Mentor Name
Peter J. Basser, Ph.D.
Mentor Email
Mentor Telephone
(301) 435-1949
Intern Name
Kristofor Pas
Intern Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Project Title: Challenges in Establishing Pathological-Radiological Correlations in the Traumatically Injured Brain

The Section on Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences (SQITS) is dedicated to inventing and developing quantitative MRI biomarkers to follow key processes in normal and abnormal development, disease, degeneration, and trauma, motivated by fundamental research into the basis of functional properties of brain and extracellular matrix (ECM). Example summer projects include developing:
 

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