Dr. Yaniv Assaf
Ph.D.: School of Chemsitry, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 2001
Phone:

Lab:

(Tel) +972-3-640-6980

personal:

(Tel) +972-3-640-7661

(Fax) +972-3-640-7168
E-mail: assafyan@post.tau.ac.il
Room#: Sherman, 421
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Research Interests
Development and application of advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques for studying neuronal tissues
(a) Neuronal connectivity mapping
(b) The role of myelin in aging and cognitive decline
(c) Imaging of cortical architecture
(d) Imaging of Brain Plasticity

Selected Publications
  1. Y. Assaf, P.J. Basser. Composite Hindered and Restricted Model of Diffusion (CHARMED) MR Imaging of the Human Brain. Neuroimage, 27, 48-58, 2005.
  2. T. Schonberg, P. Pianka, T. Hendler, O. Pasternak, Y. Assaf. Characterization of Displaced White Matter by Brain Tumors by fMRI and DTI. Neuroimage, 30, 1100-1111, 2006.
  3. Y. Assaf, L. Ben-Sira., S. Constantini, L.-C. Chang, L. Beni-Adani. Tension in White Matter Tracts Studied by Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Am J NeuroRadiol, 27, 1717-24, 2006.
  4. Y. Yovel , Y. Assaf. Virtual definition of neuronal tissue by cluster analysis of multi-parametric imaging (virtual-dot-com imaging). Neuroimage. 35, 58-69, 2007.
  5. Y. Assaf, I. Shapira, R. Galron, T. Blumenfeld, Y. Shiloh, A. Barzilai. White matter damage in nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) knock-out mice. Exp. Neurol., 209, 181-191, 2008.
  6. Y. Assaf, O. Pasternak. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)-Based White Matter Mapping in Brain Research: A Review. J. Mol. Neurosci., 34, 51-61, 2008
  7. O. Pasternak, N. Sochen, Y. Assaf. Resolving the Multiple Fiber Orientation Ambiguity in Diffusion Weighted Imaging. Magn Reson Imaging, Accepted.
  8. Y. Assaf, T. Blumenfeld, Y. Yovel, Peter J. Basser. Ax-Caliber: The Measurement of Axon Diameter Distribution from Diffusion MRI. Magn Reson Med, Accepted.

Students and Lab Members

 

 

 

PhD. Students


1. Tamar Blumenfeld Katzir -

    Characterization of age induced brain changes of rat using cognitive tasks and MRI

2. Efrat Sasson -

    Age related cognitive decline and regional brain changes studied by diffusion MRI

3. Shlomi Lifshitz -

    Tissue classification

 

MSc. Students

 

1. Daniel Barazany -

    High resolution morphological analysis from MRI

2. Michael Dagan -

    MRI of the brain

3. Yaniv Sagi -

    Characterization of Neuronal Plasticity in Humans Using Diffusion MRI

 

Research Assistant

 

1. Delila Kern -

    Currently Delila is assisting in routine use of the MRI scanner and also works

    on protocols and various data and statistical analysis for the lab

 

Additional honorary members

 

1. Ofer Pasternak -

     Imaging of complex brain architecture

2. Aviv Mezer -

    Signal processing of rest fMRI

3. Yossi Yovel -

    virtual definition of tissue by cluster analysis of multi spectral imaging

 

 

In the magnets

(Human MRI - Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)

 

(Animal MRI - Green Building, Tel Aviv University)

 

 

In The Lab

 

Courses

1. Mapping of the human brain by MRI – principles and applications.

2. Characterization of Neurodegenerative Diseases By Imaging.

3. Selected Topics in Neuroimaging (Seminar).

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