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Message From the Director
The MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Bio-
medical Imaging has had another phenomenal year.
Center researchers were as productive as ever in 2017,
reporting impactful findings and cutting-edge techno-
logical advances, and working together to further our
mission of improving imaging in healthcare through
our many, diverse activities.
The publication you are holding focuses on three major
areas. In the following pages you will find sections
devoted to neuroimaging technologies, mental disor-
ders research, and other clinically relevant findings.
I would like to draw attention to just one of the articles
here, while also noting a significant related milestone. In
November we celebrated 20 years of FreeSurfer: a brain
imaging software package introduced and continuously
developed in the Center. Beginning on page 11, we take
a look the past, present and future of the software and
the seemingly countless advances it has made and will
make possible: from studies of the brain during aging
to the development of artificial intelligence in medical
imaging. We also recount some of the many adventures
the FreeSurfer group has had over the years—in part
because they help to shed light on how the software has
evolved but mostly because the stories are too good not
to tell.
Just one other thing I’d like to note: In 2017 the Center
unveiled a new logo and brand system. We couldn’t be
more excited about these as they capture perfectly the
spirit and ethos of the Center and our investigators.
You’ll see the full logo on the cover and can read more
about it on the page opposite this one.
Bruce Rosen, Director
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
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