Project description:

The Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB) was co-funded by the European Union in the FP3, and started its activity in 1998. It is institutionally devoted to functional imaging and, for what concerns neuroimaging, it has the specific aim at using different imaging technologies, such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), ElectroEncephaloGraphy (EEG) MagnetoEncephaloGraphy (MEG), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and InfraRed Imaging (IRI) in a combined approach, in order to obtain multimodal integration.

The MEG system operative at ITAB is a whole-head system – completely developed in Italy – and features a 165-channel sensor array. A novel 500-channel system is under completion and will become operative during 2008. Two MRI scanners (1.5T and 3.0T Philips Achieva) are also operative. Both fMRI and TMS are endowed with a simultaneous 32-64 channel EEG compatible recording device, to perform integrated measurements and combined data analysis.