Poster Award Winners

Body/Cardiac Imaging

1st Place
Program No. 1906

Does Digital Subtraction Aid in MRI Differentiation of Renal Cell Carcinoma from Complex Cysts?  Comparison of Dynamic Gadolinium Enhancement, Digital Subtraction, and Enhancement Threshold Methods
Patrick T. Liu¹, Clinton V. Wellnitz¹, Alvin C. Silva¹, Amy K. Hara^1
1Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

2nd Place
Program No. 1804

Hyperpolarized ³He Diffusion MRI of Acinar Airways in Canines with Induced Emphysema: Comparison with Computed Tomography
Tariq S.K. Tanoli¹, Jason C. Woods¹, Kyongtae Ty Bae¹, Mark S. Conradi¹, James C. Hogg², Joel D. Cooper¹, Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy^1
1Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA; ²The UBC McDonald Research Laboratory, St Pauls Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3rd Place
Program No. 1936

The Assessment of the Vascularity of Uterine Leiomyomas Using Double-Echo Dynamic Perfusion MRI: Correlation with Histopathology
Nobuyuki Kosaka¹, Hidemasa Uematsu¹, Hirohiko Kimura¹, Yoshiyuki Ishimori², Tetuji Kurokawa¹, Harumi Itoh^1
1University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan; ²University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan

Blood Pool Gadolinium-Chelate (Vistarem) Discriminates Acute from Chronic Myocardial Infarcts
Maythem Saeed¹, Oliver Weber¹, Alastair Martin¹,², Loi Do¹, Philippe Robert³, Claire Corot³, Charles B. Higgins^1
1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; ²Philips Medical Systems, Best, Netherlands; ³Guerbet Group, Paris, France

Whole-Body MRI Vs. Whole-Body PET/CT in Staging of Newly Diagnosed Malignant Melanoma: Initial Results
Florian M. Vogt¹, Patrick Veit¹, Sandra Massing¹, Lutz Freudenberg¹, Robert Jablonka¹, Jörg Barkhausen¹, Gerald Antoch^1
1University Hospital, Essen, Germany

Long-Term Endurance Running Is Associated with Elevated T2 of Superficial Femoral Cartilage
Timothy John Mosher¹, Yi Liu¹, Michael B. Smith^1
1Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Water Movement in Rabbit Achilles Tendon in Response to Repeated Static Tensile Loads Using One-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Karl G. Helmer¹, Govind Nair², Marco Cannella², Peter Grigg^2
1Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; ²UMass/Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Engineering

Frontier Technology

Resonator with Improved Temperature Stability and Capability of Fast Frequency Tuning for Proton Electron Double Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
Sergey Petryakov¹, Alexandre Samouilov¹, Haihong Li¹, Periannan Kuppusamy¹, Jay L. Zweier^1
1Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Triple Quantum T2 Measurements
Costin Tanase¹, George Laverde¹, Fernando E. Boada^1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Comparison of Cartesian and Radial 23Na MRI for Visualization of Intracellular Sodium Accumulation in Patients with a Muscular 23Na Channelopathy
Sonia Nielles-Vallespin¹, Marc-Andre Weber¹, Hagen Huttner², Achim Bankamp¹, Michael Bock¹, Johannes Woehrle³, Hans-Michael Meinck², Lothar Rudi Schad^1
1German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany; ²University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ³University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Investigation of Angiogenesis After Cell Therapy of Embolic Stroke in Rat Using MRI
Quan Jiang¹,², ZhengGang Zhang¹,², GuangLiang Ding¹, Li Zhang¹, Lian Li¹, RuiLan Zhang¹, Lei Wang¹, He Meng¹, James R. Ewing¹,², Jiani Hu², Ali S. Arbab¹, QingJiang Li¹, Robert A. Knight¹,², Michael Chopp¹,^2
1Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA; ²Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

3-D Progressive EPR Imaging with Adaptive Projection Acquisition
Yuanmu Deng¹, Periannan Kuppusamy¹, Jay L. Zweier^1
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

MR Spectroscopy

Hypoxia Increases Cellular Phosphocholine and Total Choline Levels in Human Prostate Cancer Cells
Kristine Glunde¹, Venu Raman¹, Meiyappan Solaiyappan¹, Arvind P. Pathak¹, Dmitri Artemov¹, Zaver M. Bhujwalla^1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

3D MRSI of Brain Tumors at 3 Tesla Using an 8 Channel Phased Array Head Coil
Joseph Anthony Osorio¹, Esin Ozturk¹, Soonmee Cha¹, Susan Chang¹, Mitchel S. Berger¹, Daniel B. Vigneron¹, Sarah J. Nelson^1
1University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

Time Domain Analysis of SSFP Based Proton SI Data Using the Matrix Pencil Method
Matthias Althaus¹, Wolfgang Dreher¹, Christian Geppert¹, Dieter Leibfritz^1
1Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

A Metabolomic Study of Wild Type and HIF-¹ Deficient Astrocytomas Measured by in Vivo and in Vitro ¹H MRS
Helen Troy¹, Yuen-Li Chung¹, Basetti Madhu¹, Manuel Mayr¹, Lucy Ly¹, Barbara Blouw², Randall Johnson², John R. Griffiths¹, Marion Stubbs^1
1St George?s Hospital Medical School, Tooting, London, UK; ²University of California, San Diego, California, USA

Pattern of Recurrence Analysis Following 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy with Respect to Pre-RT MR Spectroscopic Findings
Ilwoo Park¹, Gregory Tamai¹, Michael C. Lee¹, Soonmee Cha¹, Susan M. Chang¹, Mitchel S. Berger¹, Sarah J. Nelson¹, Andrea Pirzkall^1
1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Evidence for Need of Incorporation of MRSI Data in Radiation Treatment Planning of Brain Gliomas
Sunitha Thakur¹, Ashwatha Narayana¹, Jenghwa Chang¹, Sasan Karimi¹, Gerard Perera¹, Jason Koutcher¹, Wei Huang^1
1Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

A Fast Spectral Simulator for in Vivo Brain MRS
Tiejun Zhao¹, Danli Wang¹, Haskell W. Beckham², Xiaoping Hu^1
1Emory University/Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ²Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Alanine Transport, Metabolism and Cycling in the Brain
Caroline Rae¹, Jonas T. Hansen¹, William A. Bubb¹, Stefan Bröer², Angelika Bröer^2
1The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

¹H NMR Spectroscopy Identifies Differences in Choline Metabolism Related to the MYCN Oncogene in Neuroblastoma
Andrew Charles Peet¹, Martin Wilson¹, Barry Levine¹, Carmel McConville¹, Richard Grundy^1
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Long-Lasting ¹H-Hyperpolarization in Molecules
Joachim Bargon¹,², Thorsten Jonischkeit¹, Rahim R. Rizi², Klaus Woelk¹,^3
1University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ³University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, USA

Neuro Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Anatomical Tissue and Vascular Layers in the Cat Retina
Qiang Shen¹, Haiying Cheng¹, Thomas Chang², Govind Nair¹, Ross Shonat³, Timothy Q. Duong^1
1Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ²University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; ³Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Concurrent fMRI Measurements with Optical Imaging Spectroscopy and Laser Doppler Flowmetry Measurements
Aneurin James Kennerley¹, Jason Berwick¹, John Martindale¹, David Johnston¹, Nikos Papadakis¹, John Mayhew^1
1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Method for Susceptibility Calculation in Multiple Source Object Distribution with Arbitrary Susceptibilities: A Preliminary Report
Jaladhar Neelavalli¹, Yu-Chung Norman Cheng¹, Mark Ewart Haacke¹,^2
1Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA; ²The MRI Institute for Biomedical Research, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Diffusion Spectrum Tractography in Patients with Brain Tumors
Li-Wei Kuo¹, Van J. Wedeen², Jun-Cheng Weng¹, Timothy G. Reese², Jyh-Horng Chen¹, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng^3
1National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; ³National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

3D Ultrashort Echo-Time Imaging of the Head
Jürgen Rahmer¹, Peter Börnert¹, Holger Eggers^1
1Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany

Hemispheric Brain Perfusion and Atherosclerotic Lesion Burden in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
Catherine E. Jones¹, Ronald L. Wolf¹, Hee Kwon Song¹, Bipul Das¹, Emile R. Mohler¹, John A. Detre¹, Jiongjiong Wang¹, Lisa Desiderio¹, Alexander C. Wright¹, Yan Zhang¹, Felix Wehrli^1
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ²National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Assessment of Brain Tissue Changes in the Normal Elderly: Insights from Global and Regional MTR Analysis
Stefan Ropele¹, Christian Enzinger¹, Faton Gorani¹, Alexandra Seewann¹, Reinhold Schmidt¹, Franz Fazekas^1
1Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Identifying Regional Patterns of Concordance and Dissociation Between Gray Matter Loss and Hypoperfusion Among Alzheimer?s Disease Patients
Satoru Hayasaka¹,², Norbert Schuff¹,², John Kornak¹,², Colin Studholme¹,², Valerie Cardenas¹,², An-Tao Du¹,², Audrey Duarte¹,², Geon-Ho Jahng¹,², Michael Weiner¹,^2
1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; ²VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

Quantifying T1 in Alzheimer’s Disease
Ari Borthakur¹, Gul Moonis¹, Andrew J. Wheaton¹, Elias R. Melhem¹, Christopher M. Clark¹, Ravinder Reddy^1
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Proton MR Spectroscopy at 3 Tesla in Brain of Lithium-Treated Euthymic Bipolar Patients: Increased Glutamate Concentration in the Left Hippocampus
Florian Schubert¹, Michael Colla², Frank Seifert¹, Manja Bubner², Isabella Heuser^2
1Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany; ²Charite University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Altered Levels of GABA and Glutamate in Patients with Depression Detected with MEGA-PRESS Editing and LCM Analysis
Marzena Malgorzata Wylezinska¹, Christopher John Evans¹, Zubin Bhagwagar¹, Fiona Ashworth¹, Peter Jezzard¹, Paul M. Matthews¹, Phil J. Cowen^1
1University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Diffusion Tensor MRI and Cognitive Function in Normal Ageing
Susan D. Shenkin¹, Mark E. Bastin¹, Tom J. MacGillivray¹, Ian J. Deary¹, John M. Starr¹, Joanna M. Wardlaw^1
1University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Lothian, UK

Cerebellar and Frontal Lobe Involvement in ALS as Determined by MR DTI
Aziz M. Ulug¹, Richard Watts², Arthur P. Hays³, Hiroshi Mitsumoto^3
1Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA; ²University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; ³College of Surgeons and Physicians, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

fMRI of Anesthetic-Specific Changes in CBF, BOLD and CMRO2
Kenneth M. Sicard¹, Nils Henninger¹, Karl F. Schmidt¹, Timothy Q. Duong^2
1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; ²Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Determination of Intracortical Venous Vessel Density Using Venography at 9.4T
Sung-Hong Park¹, Toshihiro Hayashi¹, Seong-Gi Kim^1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Assessment of Cerebrovascular Reactivity During Breath Holding by Dynamic CBV-Based MRI: Comparison with BOLD-Based MRI
Ho-Ling Liu¹,², Yuan-Yu Hsu³, Ju-Chuan Huang², Wan-Chun Kwan², Chang-Wei Wu², Srikanth Mahankali^4
1Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ³Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital - Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁴University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Assessment of Three Head Restraint Methods for fMRI:  Foam Pillow, Vacuum Mold and Foam Mold
Lee Friedman¹, Rio Udell¹, Diana Krenz¹, T MIND Consortium^1
1The MIND Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Fast Direct Image Reconstruction for MRI and fMRI in the Presence of Field Inhomogeneities and T2* Decay
Roman Fleysher¹, Lazar Fleysher¹, Souheil Inati^1
1New York University, New York, New York, USA

FAT Navigators for Functional MRI: Is There Sufficient Amount of Fat Signal in the Human Head for Accurate Motion Detection with Fat Navigator Echoes?
Narter Ari¹, Robert A. Kraft^2
1GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA; ²Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Study of Structured Noise Stationarity in fMRI Using Independent Component Analysis
Gregory H. Turner¹, Donald B. Twieg^2
1Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Semi-Blind ICA of fMRI: A Method for Utilizing Hypothesis-Derived Time Courses in a Spatial ICA Analysis
Vince D. Calhoun¹,², Tulay Adali³, James J. Pekar⁴,⁵, Kent A. Kiehl¹,^2
1Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; ²Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; ³University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ⁴FM Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

An Alternative Approach for Estimation of Vascular Permeability to Gd-DTPA and Cerebral Blood Volume from Dynamic T2* Weighted Contrast-Enhanced MRI
Yue Cao¹, Zhou Shen¹, Thomas L. Chenevert¹, James R. Ewing^2
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; ²Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Normalization of Diffusion Tensor Images Using Parameters from Normalizing Scalar Anatomical Images
Tzu-Cheng Chao¹,², Ming-Chung Chou¹, Hsiao-Wen Chung¹, Cheng-Wen Ko³, Ming-Ting Wu^2
1National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; ³National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wideband SSFP:  SSFP with Imaging Bandwidth Greater Than 1/TR
Krishna S. Nayak¹, Bob Hu², Brian A. Hargreaves^3
1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; ²Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California, USA; ³Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

Equivalent T2-Contrast for Fast Spin Echo Sequences with Low and Variable Flip Refocusing
Reed F. Busse^1
1GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, California, USA

Designing Long-T2 and Combination Long-T2/Fat Suppression Pulses for Ultra-Short Echo Time (UTE) Imaging
Peder Eric Zufall Larson¹, Dwight George Nishimura¹, John M. Pauly^1
1Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

Are Multiple Phase References Needed for Phase Correction in Proton Resonance Frequency Shift Thermometry?
Anthony W. Kam¹, Honghui Wang¹, David Thomasson¹, Gregory Metzger², King Li^1
1National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; ²Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Detecting Microcirculatory Oxygen Saturation Changes with 2D-Balanced Steady-State Free Precession Imaging
Rohan Dharmakumar¹, Xiuling Qi¹, Juimiin Hong¹, Graham A. Wright^1
1Sunnybrook & Women?s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada