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Author: Arthur W. Toga (Professor of Neurology<br>Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, University of Southern California<br>California, USA)
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology (Digital)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 16.80cm
, Length: 27.60cm
Weight: 8.380kg
ISBN: 9780123970251
ISBN 10: 0123970253
Pages: 2658
Publication Date: 17 April 2015
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Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
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... a welcome addition to the neuroscientific literature. Every neuroscientist will want access to this essential resource. Score: 91 - 4 Stars --Doody's
... a welcome addition to the neuroscientific literature. Every neuroscientist will want access to this essential resource. Score: 91 - 4 Stars --Doody's, Brain Mapping
Author Information
Arthur W. Toga is the Director, Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Director, Institute of Neuroimaging and Informatics, Provost Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences, Radiology and Engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. His research is focused on neuroimaging, informatics, mapping brain structure and function, and brain atlasing. He has developed multimodal imaging and data aggregation strategies and applied them in a variety of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders. His work in informatics includes the development and implementation of some of the largest and most widely used databases and data mining tools linking disparate data from genetics, imaging, clinical and behavior, supporting global efforts in Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's and Parkinson's disease. He was trained in neuroscience and computer science and has written more than 1,000 papers, chapters and abstracts, including eight books. Recruited to USC in 2013, he directs the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging. This 110-member laboratory includes graduate students from computer science, biostatistics and neuroscience. It is funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health grants as well as industry partners. He has received numerous awards and honors in computer science, graphics and neuroscience. Prior to coming to USC he was a Distinguished Professor Neurology at UCLA, held the Geffen Chair of Informatics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Associate Director of the UCLA Brain Mapping Division within the Neuropsychiatric Institute, and Associate Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal NeuroImage and holds the chairmanship of numerous committees within NIH and a variety of international task forces.
