Aiming to develop the most advanced imaging technologies and multimodal brain quantification techniques, ZIC will be focusing on three main topics:

Direction I: Development of novel MRI and MRS methodologies

- Coil design

- MR pulse sequence design, image reconstruction and post-processing

- Multi-nuclear MR spectroscopy

- Molecular imaging

- Functional MRI

Direction II: Understanding normal brain cognitive mechanisms and the etiology of brain disorders

- Brain structure and function

- Cognitive neuroscience

- Brain diseases (schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, etc)

Direction III: Developing brain-inspired artificial intelligence

- AI-assisted diagnosis

- Prediction of diseases