# Neural Quantification & Imaging Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · 2024 · $460,622

## Abstract

Abstract/Summary: Neural Quantification & Imaging Core
The Neural Quantification & Imaging Core will manage, support, and provide access to the major equipment
and resources of the Center for Pediatric Brain Health. It will be the only research core of the Center and will
be housed in the new 15,000+ square feet Institute for Human Neuroscience at Boys Town National Research
Hospital (BTNRH). The Core will provide critical support and infrastructure to all four of the COBRE research
project leaders (RPLs), as well as a collection of established research programs associated with the Institute
and across BTNRH more broadly. The key equipment and resources of the Core will include two state-of-the-
art Triux Neo magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems for recording and imaging neural oscillations, a 3-Tesla
Siemens Prisma MRI scanner equipped with high-performance gradients and a 64-channel head coil for high-
resolution structural, functional, diffusion, and spectroscopic imaging, and a realistic mock scanner for helping
children and other participants prepare for the claustrophobic and loud MRI environment. In addition, the Core
will operationalize a brain stimulation suite, extensive computing and data processing resources, comprehensive
analytical support, and in the near future, an ultra-modern optically-pumped magnetometry (OPM) system for
advanced neurophysiological measurements. The Neural Quantification & Imaging Core will also host at least
two neuroimaging workshops per year, support targeted equipment usage through the Center’s pilot projects
program, and serve as the home base for fellows supported through the Center’s postdoctoral neuroimaging
training program. The Core will be directed by Dr. Tony Wilson, who is an expert in multimodal neuroimaging
with over 20 years of experience with MEG imaging, structural and functional MRI, brain stimulation, and other
tools and analytical approaches for advanced human neuroscience research. The Core’s staff will also include a
dedicated site engineer/physicist and technicians for the MEG and MRI systems. Financially, the Core will be
supported by instrument use fees, BTNRH, and the COBRE, with BTNRH covering any year-to-year deficits
and all capital depreciation. As the only Core at BTNRH capable of measuring biological parameters of the living
human brain, the facility will fill a major void in the institution’s overall research infrastructure and be a critical
component to the success of the Center for Pediatric Brain Health.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10793547
- **Project number:** 5P20GM144641-03
- **Recipient organization:** FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME
- **Principal Investigator:** Tony W. Wilson
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $460,622
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-03-01 → 2027-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10793547

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10793547, Neural Quantification & Imaging Core (5P20GM144641-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10793547. Licensed CC0.

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