Created in April 2014, the Stroke Imaging Laboratory for Children (SILC) serves as the global centre for imaging research by outlining the causes, diagnosis and treatment of paediatric stroke.
Our vision is to use advanced neuroimaging techniques to better understand the neurobiological processes underlying plasticity and recovery from paediatric stroke.
The imaging data collected through SILC leverages the information within the large-scale clinical databases within the Children’s Stroke Program and the IPSS to better understand the effects of stroke on brain networks and patient outcomes. These techniques provide information that go beyond a normal clinical MRI, taking what was a static picture of the brain and providing an array of data that tell the story of the extent, timing and location of an ischemic brain injury, as well as how the parts of the brain connect to one another following a stroke.
The combination of the clinical and advanced imaging data will enhance our understanding of the causes of paediatric stroke with the goal of promoting rapid diagnosis and treatment in order to minimize lifelong deficits.
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