The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) is currently pursuing research interests in many aspects of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). In the field of MRI we have groups of scientists, students and technicians working together on parallel imaging techniques, pulse sequence development, optical imaging techniques with the use of contrast agents to verify, clarify and expand our understanding of the Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) effect in functional MRI. There are also ongoing projects in physiological noise reduction in post processing, ²³Na imaging, and radiofrequency and gradient coil design.

Many of the current MRS projects are disease related and focus on measuring changes in metabolite levels with the hope that this knowledge will be used in the development of more effective treatment for patients. Some of the diseases being studied are brain cancer, epilepsy, stroke, and alzheimers disease.