Recent Publications supported by UNC Core Facilities

• STF: A Spherical Transformer for Versatile Cortical Surfaces Applications July 16, 2025
  Inspired by the remarkable success of attention mechanisms in various applications, there is a growing need to adapt the Transformer architecture from conventional Euclidean domains to non-Euclidean spaces commonly encountered in medical imaging. Structures such as brain cortical surfaces, represented by triangular meshes, exhibit spherical topology and present unique challenges. To address this, we propose […]
  Jiale Cheng
• Functional development of the human cerebellum from birth to age five July 10, 2025
  Despite the cerebellum's crucial role in brain function, its early development, particularly in relation to the cerebrum, remains poorly understood. Here, we examine cerebellocortical connectivity using over 1000 high-quality resting-state functional MRI scans from children between birth and five years of age. By mapping cerebellar topography with fine temporal granularity, we unveil the hierarchical organization […]
  Wenjiao Lyu
• <em>In vivo</em> assessment of airway wall compliance during inhalation injury response using anatomical optical coherence elastography July 7, 2025
  CONCLUSIONS: Airway wall nCsC is a promising quantitative metric for assessing inhalation injury. Future translation of this aOCT-based technology to humans may potentially enhance clinical management of inhalation injuries.
  Yinghan Xu