The following video was recorded at Melbourne R Users. A summary of the talk is as follows:

Recent advances in medical imaging allow us to routinely acquire highly detailed images of the living human brain. These images can be used to inform us about how structural and functional changes in the brain are associated with disease and the environment. The wealth of information captured with these imaging methods has lead to additional challenges in processing and interpreting the data. In this talk I will describe how an MRI scan is acquired; how image analysis techniques help us understand neurological disorders, with a focus on epilepsy; and some challenges that face medical image analysis. Along the way I will talk about how R has helped my research.

Heath Pardoe is a postdoc at the Florey Neuroscience Institutes. He started out doing experimental physics, but would now almost describe himself as a neuroscientist. He uses image analysis methods to explore facets of the relationship between brain changes and neurological disorders. The primary neurological disorder he investigates is epilepsy. His current research interests include how the structure of the brain may be different in people with epilepsy, the impact of epileptic seizures on the brain, and how the brain changes during treatment with antiepileptic medication.

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