brain loni research

The guiding mission of the LONI Resource is to improve our understanding of the brain in health and disease through the comprehensive and quantitative analysis of images of its structure and functions. Our goal is to develop tools, algorithms and approaches to achieve this mission, to enhance collaboration and dissemination of these solutions and to train investigators in their use. more »


The LONI Resource is open and collaborative on a regional, national and international level. LONIR encourages an open facility for collaborative research with clear principles of governance and access to both the equipment and the expertise of the faculty by interested neuroscientists. more »


Image Processing
The Image Processing and Segmentation project is developing novel, well-validated approaches to brain image segmentation, structure analysis, and combined volume and surface registration.

Atlasing
The Atlasing project deals with the general problem of creating statistical maps of data from populations of subjects.

Morphometry
The Deformation Morphometry and Registration project is focused on creating a powerful approach to detect and analyze longitudinal changes in the living brain.

Informatics
The scope of the Informatics Project is divided into three components: data management, processing workflow and visualization.