Grant: Project Grant
University of British Columbia
$707,626.00
Imaging markers for tissue damage and disease progression in MS
FY 2018-19
Summary
With this five year project, we wish to develop magnetic resonance imaging methods for the measurement of tissue damage and repair in the brain. The goal is to establish a technique that is sensitive, specific, and easy to implement across a range of MRI scanners. With new drugs on the horizon that are able to protect or even repair brain tissue in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, quantitative scans are now urgently needed. MRI techniques that are able to measure whether a treatment protects or even repairs the brain will speed up search for cures of diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Department
Program
Project Grant
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
400621
Name
Rauscher Alexander
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
Theme2
Biomedical
Prcname2
Medical Physics & Imaging
Projecttitle
Imaging markers for tissue damage and disease progression in MS
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of British Columbia
Cihramount2
$707,626
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Project Grant
Keyworddelim
Brain; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Myelin; Quantitative Imaging
Abstract
With this five year project, we wish to develop magnetic resonance imaging methods for the measurement of tissue damage and repair in the brain. The goal is to establish a technique that is sensitive, specific, and easy to implement across a range of MRI scanners. With new drugs on the horizon that are able to protect or even repair brain tissue in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, quantitative scans are now urgently needed. MRI techniques that are able to measure whether a treatment protects or even repairs the brain will speed up search for cures of diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Competitiondate
201903
Approvedterm2
5 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Rauscher, Alexander
Approvedterm
5 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $707,626~ $0~
