Program in Image Guided Neurointerventions (PIGN)
The Program in Image Guided Neurointerventions (PIGN), a division of the Center for Advanced Imaging Research (CAIR), is located in the new HSF-III facility at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). It is co-directed by Piotr Walczak, MD, PhD and Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD, who along with fellow researchers use interdisciplinary approaches to work at the crossroads of therapeutic concepts and technical developments.
Neurovascular Imaging Center
Our lab is committed to understanding diseases of blood vessels in the head and neck using new imaging techniques. We study a variety of diseases, including vasculitis, dissections and connective tissue disorders, but much of our work has targeted atherosclerotic plaque. An important goal of our lab has been to reduce the risk of stroke by understanding how atherosclerotic plaque forms and why it becomes unstable using high-resolution MRI scans of arteries in the head and neck.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
The Department of Radiology at the University of Maryland has state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge technologies, making it one of the most sophisticated in the world.