IU researcher awarded $2.3M to study AI tools in brain-imaging research
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An Indiana University researcher has received $2.3 million to develop artificial intelligence tools for use in neurology.
Eleftherios Garyfallidis recently received the grant from the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN 2.0 Initiative, which seeks to advance open-source software for neuroanatomy. Garyfallidis is an associate professor in IU Bloomington’s Luddy School of Computing, Informatics and Engieering.
“This is an incredible opportunity to showcase some of the AI tools we have built at IU to support medical research worldwide,” Garyfallidis said in a news release.
Garyfallidis’ research centers on collecting medical imaging algorithms to study how brain regions are connected and function with one another. Through a practice called tractometry, Garyfallidis uses MRI data to create 3D models of the brain.
He has used his research to produce an open-source platform called the DIPY software project which makes available algorithms Garyfallidis and his team have created, including Quick Bundles, the SLR, RecoBundles, BundleWarp and Bundle Analytics.
“A patient takes medicine, but how does a doctor know if it’s working?” Garyfallidis said. “How do we know if the targeted parts of the brain are getting better? This project aims to answer those questions.”
The next phase of Garyfallidis’ project seeks to allow the next generation of researchers the ability to study the structure of white matter in both healthy brains and those affected by neurological diseases.
The Garyfallidis Project Group is planning for its annual, online DIPY Workshop from March 11-15. More information about the DIPY Workshop can be found by clicking here.