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| Peter J. Basser, Ph.D., Senior Investigator |
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Peter Basser received his A.B., S.M., and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University, and then received his postdoctoral training in Bioengineering as a Staff Fellow within the Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Branch (BEIP), NIH. In 1997, Dr. Basser became Chief of the Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics (STBB), NICHD and is currently the Director of the Program on Pediatric Imaging and Tissue Sciences, NICHD. Dr. Basser's group is primarily known for its invention, development, and clinical implementation of MR diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and for explaining the physical basis of magnetic stimulation of nerve fibers. More recently, STBB has been developing a wide array of quantitative in vivo MRI methods, including AxCaliber MRI for measuring the axon diameter distribution within nerve fascicles, and double Pulsed-Field Gradient (dPFG) MRI for studying microstructural features of both gray and white matter.
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Selected Recent Publications:
Barazany, D., Basser, P.J., and Assaf, Y. (2009) In vivo measurement of axon diameter distribution in the corpus callosum of rat brain, Brain , 1-11.
Komlosh, M.E., Lizak, M.J., Horkay, F., Freidlin, R.Z., and Basser, P.J (2008) Observation of Microscopic Diffusion Anisotropy in the Spinal Cord Using Double-Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo MRI, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 59, 803-809.
All Selected Publications
Contact Information:
Dr. Peter J. Basser
Senior Investigator Director,
Program on Pediatric Imaging and Tissue Sciences (PPITS) Chief,
Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics (STBB) Eunice Kennedy Shriver, NICHD
13 South Drive, MSC 5772
Bldg. 13, Rm. 3W16
Bethesda, MD 20892-5772
Telephone: (301) 435-1949 (office),
(301) 435-5035 (fax)
Email: pjbasser@helix.nih.gov
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