Hyperpolarized Media MR Study Group
Monday, 09 May 2011
18:45 - 20:45
Room 511A-C

     
18:45 Presentations (10 minutes for talk and 5 minutes for discussion)  
     
18:45 Absolute in vivo Quantification of Metabolites using HP Carbon-13 Crystal E. Harrison, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Advanced Imaging Research Center
Dallas, TX, USA
     
19:00 Update on Helium-3 Recycling Jason Woods, Ph.D.
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA
     
19:15 Update on Lung HP Xenon-129 in Humans John P. Mugler, III, Ph.D.
Virginia University
Charlottesville, VA, USA
     
19:30 Initial Experiences Using Thermally Polarized Perfluorinated Gases as MRI Contrast Agents for Imaging Human Lungs H. Cecil Charles, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
     
19:45 Proton Lung MRI with Fourier Decomposition Lothar R. Schad, Ph.D.
Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim
Universität Heidelberg
Mannheim, Germany
     
20:00 Study-Group Business Meeting

- Newly elected Committee Members
- Workshop Agenda & HP Community News
- Discussion (Moderator: Yannick Crémillieux, Ph.D.)
Jason Woods, Ph.D., Chair
     
  The future of HP media MR Study group: opened questions. The discussion will address the following questions:
• Is there a need/interest for a Lung MR Study group?
• Is a there a need/interest for distinct HP MR gases (or lung) study group and HP Carbon-13 study group?
     
20:45 Adjourn