Research Line

Diagnostic and therapeutic innovation in central and peripheral nervous system diseases /
Neuroradiology

Advanced techniques in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and their applications on oncological, neurodegenerative and vascular diseases:

  • Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative dementias
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM)
  • subarachnoid hemorrhages
  • rare diseases: paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • neurosurgical: cervical compression myelopathies
  • neuromuscular: muscular dystrophy and healthy subjects

Brain malformations of the newborn and fetus:

  • Evaluation twin-to-twin transfusion treatment
  • Follow-up of premature infants

Philips Achieva d-Stream 3T magnetic resonance imaging scanner

  • Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
  • Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital, Italy
  • CNR, Italy
  • University of Chieti, Italy
  • UC Berkeley, USA
  • Utrecht University, Netherlands
  • University College London, UK

6 Neuroradiologists, 1 Biong Engineer, and 1 research fellow for neuroimaging analysis