{"id":124878,"date":"2022-05-13T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=124878"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:32:25","slug":"ddn-mri-scanner-will-spark-new-wright-state-air-force-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/05\/13\/ddn-mri-scanner-will-spark-new-wright-state-air-force-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"DDN: MRI scanner will spark new Wright State-Air Force collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matthew Sherwood, Ph.D., director of Wright State\u2019s Center of Neuroimaging and Neuro-Evaluation of Cognitive Technologies, says the MRI scanner promises to lead to new collaboration between Wright State, the Air Force and researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University is boasting what it calls the Dayton region\u2019s sole advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner dedicated just to research \u2014 and university leaders see the machine as a way to spark collaborations with Air Force scientists.<\/p>\n

The $1.78 million 3 Tesla MRI scanner is positioned for neuroscience research, exploring high altitude and G-forces on the human brain, the university said.<\/p>\n

The machine will boost regional research infrastructure, said Dr. Matthew Sherwood, director of Wright State\u2019s Center of Neuroimaging and Neuro-Evaluation of Cognitive Technologies and a research professor in WSU\u2019s Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology.<\/p>\n

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Some of the first evaluations and trial runs will start soon, and work with humans is slated to begin this summer, said Dr. Andy McKinley, a biomedical engineer and research lead in applied neuroscience for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.<\/p>\n

Previously, Air Force researchers had been forced to rely on hospital MRIs on nights and weekends, \u201ca tougher logistical challenge,\u201d McKinley said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Wright State MRI will be a welcome change.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cThis is something we\u2019ve been wanting for quite a number of years,\u201d McKinley said.<\/p>\n

MRI uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of organs and tissues within the body.<\/p>\n

Researchers will employ the MRI in research on hypoxia, a condition in which the brain is deprived of oxygen. The condition can happen in high altitudes or underwater diving.<\/p>\n

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MRI operator training sessions began March 29, and human research studies using the scanner will begin over the Summer Semester.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also interested in high G-forces and how that affects the brain,\u201d Sherwood said in a Wright State release. \u201cIs there a potential for neuro inflammation? Does it change how blood flows?\u201d<\/p>\n

This is some of the work that will bring Air Force scientists to Wright State\u2019s Fairborn campus.<\/p>\n

Dr. Claude Grigsby, the medical and operational biosciences core technical lead at AFRL\u2019s 711th Human Performance Wing, said physically having the MRI in place at Wright State\u2019s Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration building fulfills a longtime dream.<\/p>\n

Research there will help answer questions on \u201cbrain-machine interfaces\u201d and other emerging fields, Grigsby said. The possibilities stretch to new ways to control planes or \u201cautonomous teammates,\u201d and protecting the brain from stress and fatigue \u2014 keeping the warfighter in the fight longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see the U.S. moving away from having a human in the loop, at least for certain key decision-making functions,\u201d Grigsby said.<\/p>\n

Wright State says Sherwood has already led nearly $3.5 million in Department of Defense-funded projects. Continuing work with researchers at Wright-Patterson is a distinct goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping they\u2019re able to bring some of their research here,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are committed to partnering with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a sense, the teamwork has already started. It took efforts by Wright State, AFRL\u2019s 711th Human Performance Wing (based at Wright-Patterson), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Ohio government to put scanner on the Fairborn campus.<\/p>\n

Getting the scanner required $1.32 million from the Air Force of Scientific Research\u2019s Defense University Research Instrumentation Program, $200,000 from the state and $258,643 from Wright State.<\/p>\n

The DOD provided a grant for the scanner in 2020, with the device arriving on Wright State\u2019s Fairborn campus in March this year.<\/p>\n

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