Lev Chizhov

@alephneuro

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

Excited to share our big step towards decoding the brain’s thoughts!

When we were first injecting the microbubbles for the scan, I was surprised by the coldness of the saline flowing through my veins - it was my first IV.

And before you ask: no, the bubbles don’t tickle. (1/n)

[Aleph @alephneuro]

We recently obtained the highest-resolution 3D images of the human brain ever taken from outside the skull. This is the first look.

Introducing Aleph, a research lab building brain interfaces for the telepathic future. (1/n)

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@BennyInHerBag We also open sourced the dataset and a lot of the code!

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

Excited to share our big step towards decoding the brain’s thoughts!

When we were first injecting the microbubbles for the scan, I was surprised by the coldness of the saline flowing through my veins - it was my first IV.

And before you ask: no, the bubbles don’t tickle. (1/n)

[Aleph @alephneuro]

We recently obtained the highest-resolution 3D images of the human brain ever taken from outside the skull. This is the first look.

Introducing Aleph, a research lab building brain interfaces for the telepathic future. (1/n)

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@candyflipline @thomas_rribeiro @alephneuro Yeah, crazy buzzcut

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@iScienceLuvr @alephneuro We mention mindeye so much we gotta start paying royalties to you and paul

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@SumnerLN @_marleyx @raffi_hotter @alephneuro Thanks for your support, Sumner!

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@thomas_rribeiro @alephneuro goated

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@candyflipline The optimal amount of microbubbles in your blood is non-zero

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

I really like our raw ultrasound data: it doesn't look as fancy as the final image, but you can feel it: you see the individual microbubbles flowing through the brain. If you randomly generated MEG data I wouldn't be able to tell

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

We scanned the blood flow inside the brain using microbubbles+ultrasound.

What is really striking to me about the imaging is how interpretable and physical the data feels. You can just see the actual microbubbles flowing through the brain in the ultrasound acquisitions!

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@JosephDeVivo @alephneuro It's been a pleasure working with you 🦋

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@AmirF15336 @alephneuro Thanks Amir!

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@aidanmantine The diffraction limit is only in your mind

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@EliasK112561 @alephneuro Thanks Elias!

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

Doing science outside of the context of a lab turned out to be easier than we thought - it's been so fun!

[marley 📐 @_marleyx]

Today we’re sharing the most detailed scan ever taken of a living human brain.

None of us were ultrasound scientists before this. We worked backwards from a desire for brain interfaces and taught ourselves physics, ultrasound, electromagnetism.

This is a story four years in the making (1/n)

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@donaldjewkes @raffi_hotter From first principles

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@huntercoledavis @_marleyx @raffi_hotter 🫡🫡🫡

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@julia_in_purple The human augmentation era can't be here fast enough

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

@donaldjewkes Indeed

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@raffi_hotter @MiriamHotter True

[Lev Chizhov @levchizhov]

At some point, we didn't have heating in the office, so Raffi calculated the heat dissipation of the space, converted it to the number of electrical space heaters needed, and founder-moded us 30 space heaters from Home Depot

What a pleasure to be in this together with Raffi!

[Raffi Hotter @raffi_hotter]

I feel so incredibly fortunate to be working with this team. @_marleyx @levchizhov @thomas_rribeiro @jffbrwn2 @jeanprovost

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@raffi_hotter @alephneuro are we doing air next

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@agniv_s @alephneuro sing the tinny song goes hard

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@clairebookworm @alephneuro especially about a certain tabletop machine