Dr. Liu joined the UCSD faculty in 2001 and was one of the founding members of the UCSD Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CFMRI). From 2001-2007, he served as Associate Director of Imaging Software at CFMRI.
Since 2007, Dr. Liu has served as the Director of the CFMRI, where he oversees all operations of the Center, including the development of MRI pulse sequences, image reconstruction software, and physiological data acquisition and analysis systems for the two GE whole-body 3T MRI scanners and the 7T small-animal MRI system.
Dr Liu’s research focuses on:
(1) Investigation of resting-state brain connectivity with multi-modal imaging approaches (fMRI, MEG, and EEG)
2) Characterization and modeling of the hemodynamic response to neural activity, including the effects of drugs such as caffeine
(3) Development and optimization of arterial spin labeling MRI methods for the non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow
(4) Design and analysis of experiments for functional MRI (fMRI), with an emphasis on statistical optimization, nonlinear signal processing, and physiological noise reduction
(5) Development of quantitative fMRI methods for the study of Alzheimer’s disease and associated disorders.
A more complete description of Dr Liu’s activities can be found at http://fmri.ucsd.edu/tliu/.
