neuro imaging industry education research science headquarters los angeles california usa website www.loni.usc.edu the laboratory of neuro imaging loni is a research laboratory founded within the department of neurology at the ucla david geffen school of medicine . in september 2013 loni moved to keck school of medicine of usc . the laboratory conducts a wide variety of brain imaging studies of normal brain anatomy and function development aging and disease . historically research at loni has focused on design development validation and wide dissemination of software tools for use in understanding the relationships between brain structure and function across space time and scale . in particular work has been conducted toward the construction of multidimensional brain atlases seeking to promote computationally efficient representations of brain anatomy function and physiology in a standardized 3d coordinate system . brain imaging modalities include mri fmri diffusion tensor imaging magnetic resonance spectroscopy positron emission tomography optical intrinsic signal among other means for gathering spatially based neurophysiological signals . contents 1 resources 2 research 3 see also 4 external links resources edit the laboratory of neuro imaging has deployed a comprehensive infrastructure for conducting advanced neuroimaging and brain mapping research . this infrastructure is based on the following types of resources software loni faculty and staff work to develop efficient computational algorithms and software for the quantitative mapping of brain structure and function . scientific data workflows the development of process oriented algorithms and meta algorithms for assessing neuroimaging and other biologically relevant data sets . see loni pipeline for overview . see also discussions of scientific data provenance . databases the loni image database was developed to provide a flexible and effective interfaces for managing archival and protection of neuroimaging data . computational resources through a collection of complementary nih grant mechanisms loni has sought to provide high end computational servers storage and networking facilities which include grid server gigabit network data immersive visualization environment dive as well as brain tissue preparation genetics and microscopy laboratory space . research edit examples of the brain mapping research conducted at loni include alzheimer s disease investigating structural functional metabolic and pathological changes triggered by alzheimer s disease . loni research focuses on characterizing the timecourse of pathology in the ad brain . normal brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders loni development efforts have focused on assessing structural brain changes by mapping anatomical growth and pruning associated with both normal and abnormal brain development during childhood and adolescence . optical intrinsic signal imaging mapping the brain by measuring intrinsic activity related changes in tissue reflectance . schizophrenia mapping heritability and effects of risk genes on structural features in the brain . atlasing of the c57bl 6j mouse brain neuronal white matter tract tracing in the mouse mathematical modeling neuroscience databasing applications of grid computing in the neurosciences see also edit center for computational biology national centers for biomedical computing biositemaps external links edit loni national centers for biomedical computing coordinates 34 4 2 n 118 26 36 w 34.06722 n 118.44333 w 34.06722 ; 118.44333 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title laboratory of neuro imaging & oldid 647099494 categories neuroimagingneuroimaging softwareresearch institutes in the united statesneurosciencehidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 13 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view