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With Renewed NIH Support, the Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research Looks Beyond a Decade of Science • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Since 2014, the Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research has been in the lead of technological shifts in magnetic resonance imaging. An award from the National Institutes of Health is exten...
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A $6.7M #NIH award marks 10 years of our advancements in #MRI & extends our research mandate through 2029.
"We're at a truly remarkable juncture in the history of imaging," said Daniel Sodickson, our founding PI, reflecting on the center's milestones & the field's future.
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"We're at a truly remarkable juncture in the history of imaging," said Daniel Sodickson, our founding PI, reflecting on the center's milestones & the field's future.
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Phase-one criteria included the proposed algorithm's potential impact on human health and alignment with FAIR data principles. In phase two, which runs through fall 2027, finalists must test and ultimately demonstrate the proposed algorithm on quantum computing hardware.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Phase-one criteria included the proposed algorithm's potential impact on human health and alignment with FAIR data principles. In phase two, which runs through fall 2027, finalists must test and ultimately demonstrate the proposed algorithm on quantum computing hardware.
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The NYU Langone-Fermilab team, dubbed "quantuMRI," is proposing to address these challenges by exploiting the potential advantages of quantum computing.
The entry is among 10 finalists (and one of just two related to MRI).
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The entry is among 10 finalists (and one of just two related to MRI).
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The NYU Langone-Fermilab team, dubbed "quantuMRI," is proposing to address these challenges by exploiting the potential advantages of quantum computing.
The entry is among 10 finalists (and one of just two related to MRI).
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The entry is among 10 finalists (and one of just two related to MRI).
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However, the promise of qMRI has yet to be realized in clinical radiology, in part due to computational challenges of modeling the complex interactions between electromagnetic fields and biological tissues at high resolutions.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
However, the promise of qMRI has yet to be realized in clinical radiology, in part due to computational challenges of modeling the complex interactions between electromagnetic fields and biological tissues at high resolutions.
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Quantitative MRI (qMRI) has the potential go deeper, delivering not just images of anatomical structures but objective metrics of electromagnetic properties of tissue, producing more detailed, more objective, and potentially earlier-stage information about patients' health.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Quantitative MRI (qMRI) has the potential go deeper, delivering not just images of anatomical structures but objective metrics of electromagnetic properties of tissue, producing more detailed, more objective, and potentially earlier-stage information about patients' health.
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Quantitative MRI has long been sought to move the imaging technology beyond its current clinical standard in which magnetic resonance images are evaluated qualitatively for appearance of pathology.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Quantitative MRI has long been sought to move the imaging technology beyond its current clinical standard in which magnetic resonance images are evaluated qualitatively for appearance of pathology.
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NYU Langone's Riccardo Lattanzi and José E. Cruz Serrallés, Fermilab's Doğa Murat Kürkçüoğlu and Oluwadara Ogunkoya, and NASA's Norm Tubman picked up the gauntlet and proposed a novel quantum algorithm approach to advance quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
NYU Langone's Riccardo Lattanzi and José E. Cruz Serrallés, Fermilab's Doğa Murat Kürkçüoğlu and Oluwadara Ogunkoya, and NASA's Norm Tubman picked up the gauntlet and proposed a novel quantum algorithm approach to advance quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.
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In the fall of 2024 the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences launched the challenge to "address the limitations in technological development and adoption of quantum-enabled technologies to solve translational biomedical problems."
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
In the fall of 2024 the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences launched the challenge to "address the limitations in technological development and adoption of quantum-enabled technologies to solve translational biomedical problems."
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Congrats to the team composed of #MRI scientists from our center at NYU Langone Health & colleagues at Fermilab on being selected among finalists in the #QuantumComputing challenge held by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science. 🧪
More info: news.fnal.gov/2026/01/sqms...
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More info: news.fnal.gov/2026/01/sqms...
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SQMS Center team from Fermilab and NYU Langone advance in NIH Quantum Computing Challenge
Magnetic resonance imaging, commonly known as MRI, is a cornerstone of modern medical diagnostics. Now, a collaboration from Fermilab and NYU Langone Health, both partners in the Superconducting Quant...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Congrats to the team composed of #MRI scientists from our center at NYU Langone Health & colleagues at Fermilab on being selected among finalists in the #QuantumComputing challenge held by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science. 🧪
More info: news.fnal.gov/2026/01/sqms...
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More info: news.fnal.gov/2026/01/sqms...
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On December 3, as part of our #radiology #research forum: "Multiscale Imaging for Deconstructing Neural Codes & Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation," w/ Shy Shoham, prof. of #neuroscience & ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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#neurophotonics #neuroacoustics
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#neurophotonics #neuroacoustics
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
On December 3, as part of our #radiology #research forum: "Multiscale Imaging for Deconstructing Neural Codes & Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation," w/ Shy Shoham, prof. of #neuroscience & ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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#neurophotonics #neuroacoustics
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#neurophotonics #neuroacoustics
We welcome Connectom.X, the most powerful system for in vivo #diffusion #MRI research on the human #brain, as a new resource for our scientists at NYU Langone Health & colleagues in the region. 🧪
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+ @elsfi.bsky.social
#neuroimaging #neuroscience #neurology #neuropsychiatry
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+ @elsfi.bsky.social
#neuroimaging #neuroscience #neurology #neuropsychiatry
Connectom.X Arrives at NYU Langone to Open New Frontiers in Diffusion MRI Brain Research • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
NYU Langone welcomes an MRI research system for in vivo study of the brain’s microenvironment at micron-scale sensitivity.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We welcome Connectom.X, the most powerful system for in vivo #diffusion #MRI research on the human #brain, as a new resource for our scientists at NYU Langone Health & colleagues in the region. 🧪
cai2r.net/connectom-x-...
+ @elsfi.bsky.social
#neuroimaging #neuroscience #neurology #neuropsychiatry
cai2r.net/connectom-x-...
+ @elsfi.bsky.social
#neuroimaging #neuroscience #neurology #neuropsychiatry
On November 19 at noon, as part of our #radiology #research forum: "Microstructure Imaging Using High-Performance Gradient #Diffusion #MRI," w/ Hong-Hsi Lee, assistant prof. at Harvard Medical School & imaging scientist at @mghmartinos.bsky.social.
Talk details: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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Talk details: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On November 19 at noon, as part of our #radiology #research forum: "Microstructure Imaging Using High-Performance Gradient #Diffusion #MRI," w/ Hong-Hsi Lee, assistant prof. at Harvard Medical School & imaging scientist at @mghmartinos.bsky.social.
Talk details: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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Talk details: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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🚨 The season's last info session on biomedical imaging & tech #PhD at NYU Grossman School of Medicine:
🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 The season's last info session on biomedical imaging & tech #PhD at NYU Grossman School of Medicine:
🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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Lavanya Umapathy's recent research w/ colleagues at NYU Langone shows that representation learning can improve #ProstateCancer #MRI screening by disambiguating cases that radiologists find difficult to evaluate. We talked about the study.
LabTalk: cai2r.net/lavanya-umap...
#AI #ML #radiology 🧪
LabTalk: cai2r.net/lavanya-umap...
#AI #ML #radiology 🧪
Lavanya Umapathy on Disambiguating Prostate MRI and Advancing Medicine Through Engineering • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Lavanya Umapathy, postdoc at NYU Langone who develops AI for medical imaging, talks about improving prostate MRI and using ML to advance medicine.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Lavanya Umapathy's recent research w/ colleagues at NYU Langone shows that representation learning can improve #ProstateCancer #MRI screening by disambiguating cases that radiologists find difficult to evaluate. We talked about the study.
LabTalk: cai2r.net/lavanya-umap...
#AI #ML #radiology 🧪
LabTalk: cai2r.net/lavanya-umap...
#AI #ML #radiology 🧪
What would you want to work on in your #PhD research? Join us at the info session & let us know!
The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
More students & alumni stories: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
More students & alumni stories: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What would you want to work on in your #PhD research? Join us at the info session & let us know!
The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
More students & alumni stories: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
More students & alumni stories: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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Ruoxun Zi, alumna ('25), pushed the boundaries of radial sampling & iterative image reconstruction techniques in low-field #MRI, brain cancer imaging, motion tracking, & imaging of wrist motion: cai2r.net/ruoxun-zi-de...
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Ruoxun Zi Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Ruoxun Zi on a successful defense of her doctoral dissertation in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ruoxun Zi, alumna ('25), pushed the boundaries of radial sampling & iterative image reconstruction techniques in low-field #MRI, brain cancer imaging, motion tracking, & imaging of wrist motion: cai2r.net/ruoxun-zi-de...
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Jungkyu (JP) Park, alumnus ('25) developed multiple #AI systems for next-generation #BreastCancer screening: cai2r.net/jungkyu-jp-p...
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Jungkyu 'JP' Park Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Jungkyu Park on a successful defense of his doctoral dissertation in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Jungkyu (JP) Park, alumnus ('25) developed multiple #AI systems for next-generation #BreastCancer screening: cai2r.net/jungkyu-jp-p...
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Ryn Flaherty, alumnus ('25) advanced the search for #MRI biomarkers of early neurodegenerative risk among people w/ subjective cognitive decline: cai2r.net/ryn-flaherty...
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Ryn Flaherty Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Ryn Flaherty on a successful defense of his doctoral dissertation in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
cai2r.net
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ryn Flaherty, alumnus ('25) advanced the search for #MRI biomarkers of early neurodegenerative risk among people w/ subjective cognitive decline: cai2r.net/ryn-flaherty...
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Anna Chen, alumna ('25), investigated the replicability & potential of magnetic resonance spectroscopy metrics as biomarkers of mild traumatic brain injury, also known as #concussion: cai2r.net/anna-chen-de...
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Anna Chen Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Anna Chen on a successful defense of her PhD in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
cai2r.net
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Anna Chen, alumna ('25), investigated the replicability & potential of magnetic resonance spectroscopy metrics as biomarkers of mild traumatic brain injury, also known as #concussion: cai2r.net/anna-chen-de...
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Grad students in the program work closely w/ our scientists & make original contributions to #MRI technologies & applications in basic, preclinical, & clinical research. In this thread we highlight what our most recent graduates focused on in the course of their #PhD training.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 The season's last info session on biomedical imaging & tech #PhD at NYU Grossman School of Medicine:
🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 The season's last info session on biomedical imaging & tech #PhD at NYU Grossman School of Medicine:
🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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🗓️ Nov 12, 5p ET via Zoom: nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PhDlife #STEM #admissions #science #engineering #AI #physics #medicine #health #MRI 🧪
[email protected] @sbaete.bsky.social
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On Wed, 10/15, at noon, as part of our #radiology #research forum: "MR Characterization of Magnetic #Microstructure," w/ Pippa Storey, research assoc. prof. at NYU Grossman School of Medicine & scientist w/ our imaging research center at NYU Langone Health.
Talk info: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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Talk info: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
On Wed, 10/15, at noon, as part of our #radiology #research forum: "MR Characterization of Magnetic #Microstructure," w/ Pippa Storey, research assoc. prof. at NYU Grossman School of Medicine & scientist w/ our imaging research center at NYU Langone Health.
Talk info: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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Talk info: cbiweb.net/radiology-re...
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What would you want to work on in your #PhD research? Join us at the info session and let us know!
The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
Stories featuring our students and alumni: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
Stories featuring our students and alumni: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What would you want to work on in your #PhD research? Join us at the info session and let us know!
The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
Stories featuring our students and alumni: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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The official page of the biomedical imaging and technology PhD training program at NYU Grossman: med.nyu.edu/research/vil...
Stories featuring our students and alumni: cai2r.net/tag/phd-prog...
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Ruoxun Zi, alumna ('25), pushed the boundaries of radial sampling & iterative image reconstruction techniques in low-field #MRI, brain cancer imaging, motion tracking, & imaging of wrist motion: cai2r.net/ruoxun-zi-de...
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Ruoxun Zi Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Ruoxun Zi on a successful defense of her doctoral dissertation in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
cai2r.net
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ruoxun Zi, alumna ('25), pushed the boundaries of radial sampling & iterative image reconstruction techniques in low-field #MRI, brain cancer imaging, motion tracking, & imaging of wrist motion: cai2r.net/ruoxun-zi-de...
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Jungkyu (JP) Park, alumnus ('25) developed multiple #AI systems for next-generation #BreastCancer screening: cai2r.net/jungkyu-jp-p...
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Jungkyu 'JP' Park Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Jungkyu Park on a successful defense of his doctoral dissertation in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
cai2r.net
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Jungkyu (JP) Park, alumnus ('25) developed multiple #AI systems for next-generation #BreastCancer screening: cai2r.net/jungkyu-jp-p...
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Ryn Flaherty, alumnus ('25) advanced the search for #MRI biomarkers of early neurodegenerative risk among people w/ subjective cognitive decline: cai2r.net/ryn-flaherty...
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Ryn Flaherty Defends PhD in Biomedical Imaging and Technology • Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Congratulations to Ryn Flaherty on a successful defense of his doctoral dissertation in biomedical imaging and technology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
cai2r.net
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ryn Flaherty, alumnus ('25) advanced the search for #MRI biomarkers of early neurodegenerative risk among people w/ subjective cognitive decline: cai2r.net/ryn-flaherty...
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