 Denis LeBihan
Director NeuroSpin, CEA Saclay, France
Denis Le Bihan has achieved international
recognition for his outstanding contributions to the
development of new imaging methods allowing, in particular
to study human brain function. His work has combined
extremely innovative methods, developed for Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) with the application of these
methods to questions of the utmost scientific and clinical
importance. Dr. Le Bihan is especially credited with
developing, refining, and introducing into research
and clinical practice the concept of diffusion MRI
, a new and powerful approach to study normal and diseased
brain anatomy and function, as well as brain wiring
, from the measurement of molecular motion, in particular
water, in biological tissues. This method is today
used worldwide both for basic research and clinical
applications, especially in acute brain ischemia, white
matter diseases and connectivity disorders. Dr. Le
Bihan is a full member of the French Academy of Sciences
and currently the Director of NeuroSpin ,
a new Institute aimed at developing and using ultra
high field Magnetic Resonance to understand the brain,
from mouse to man. Dr. Le Bihan has authored or co-authored
over 250 articles, book chapters and review articles
in the fields of MRI, imaging, neuroscience and radiology.
For his contributions, Dr. Le Bihan was awarded in
2001 the Gold Medal of the International Society for
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He is also the 2002
recipient of the Lounsbery Award from the National
Academy of Sciences ( USA ) and French Academy of Sciences
and a 2003 co recipient (with S. Dehaene ) of the prestigious
Louis D. Award of the Institut de France.
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