Neonatal Brain

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2059.    Lateral Ventricular Size in Extremely Premature Infants: 3D MRI Confirms 2D Ultrasound Measurements

Johan Bengtsson1, Sandra Horsch1, Hugo Lagercrantz1, Zoltán Nagy1, Anders Nordell1, Ulrika Ådén1, Bo Nordell1, Mats Blennow1

1Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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                  2060.    Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Developing Visual Cortex and Visual White Matter
                                Pathways in Premature Newborns

Robert Thomas Held1, Pratik Mukherjee2, Srivathsa Veeraraghavan2, A James Barkovich2, Daniel B. Vigneron, 12

1UCSF/UCB, San Francisco, California, USA; 2University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

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                  2061.    Defining Normal and Abnormal DTI Parameters in Premature Newborns

Srivathsa C. Veeraraghavan1, Steven P. Miller1, Pratik Mukherjee1, Natalie N. Charlton1, Duan Xu1,

Anthony James Barkovich1, Daniel B. Vigneron1

1University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

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                  2062.    High Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Corpus Callosum in the Preterm Brain at 3 Tesla

Mustafa Anjari1, Latha Srinivasan1, David J. Larkman1, Joanna M. Allsop1, Julie Fitzpatrick1, Frances M. Cowan1, Joseph V. Hajnal1, Mary A. Rutherford1, A David Edwards1, Serena J. Counsell1

1Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK

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                  2063.    Impact of Preterm Birth on Hippocampal Structure Utilizing Volumetric MRI Techniques

Deanne Kim Thompson1, Stephen J. Wood, Gary F. Egan1, Lex W. Doyle2, Simon K. Warfield3,

Gregory A. Lodygensky4, Peter J. Anderson5, Terrie E. Inder4

1Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 4St. Louis Childrens Hospital, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA; 5Murdoch Childrens Research Instititue, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaText Box:  

 

                  2064.    Volumetric and Diffusion Analysis of the Neonatal Brain

Jonathan Paul Dyke1, Linda A. Heier1, Aziz M. Ulug1, Jeffrey M. Perlman1, Maricor Castillo1

1Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, USA

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                  2065.    Easy and Effective Acoustic Noise Protection in Neonatal MRI

Marcus Lundh1, Anders Nordell1, Johan Bengtsson1, Zoltan Nagy1, Sandra Horsch1, Ulrika Adén1, Bo Nordell1

1Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenText Box:  

 

                  2066.    Determining the Most Consistent Method for MRI Hippocampal Volumetry in Infants at Term

Deanne Kim Thompson1, Stephen J. Wood, Terrie E. Inder2, Simon K. Warfield3, Lex W. Doyle4, Gary F. Egan1

1Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2St Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA; 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 4Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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                  2067.    Quantitative DTI Assessment of Periventricular White Matter Changes in Neonatal Meningitis

Richa Trivedi1, Amit Gupta2, G K. Malik2, Rakesh Kumar Gupta1, Khader M. Hasan3, Kashi Nath Prasad1,

Ponnada A. Narayana3

1Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 2King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 3University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

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                  2068.    Water Mapping of the Whole Brains of Infants Using an FSE Sequence at 3.0 T

Zhengchao Dong1, 2, Feng Liu1, 2, Alayar Kangarlu1, 2, Bradley Peterson1, Bradley Peterson1, 2

1Columbia University, New York, New York, USA; 2New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA

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                  2069.    Brain-Water ADC and 31P MRS Imaging Metabolite Ratios and Intracellular PH
                                in a Piglet Model of Transient Hypoxia-Ischemia

Alan Bainbridge1, Osuke Iwata2, Enrico De Vita1, Daniel A. West2, John S. Thornton3, Satchi Iwata2,

Nichola J. Robertson2, Ernest B. Cady1

1University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; 2University College London, London, UK; 3National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK


 

MRS/MRI of Neuropsychiatric Disease

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2070.    Region and Gender Specific Neurochemical Alterations and Sleep Deprivation in
                                Major Depressive Episodes

Harald Murck1, Mirjam I. Schubert1, Dagmar Schmid1, Petra Schuessler1, Axel Steiger1, Dorothee P. Auer1

1Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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                  2071.    Lower GPC Compounds in the Hippocamps and Higher GPE in the Putamen/thalamus
                                Region in Depressed Patients Detected by 3D 31P RINEPT MRSI

Gabriele Ende1, Tim Wokrina1, Sigi Walter1, Helga Welzel1, Christine Kief1, Traute Demirakca1, Marco Ulrich1, Alexander Sartorius1, Fritz A. Henn1

1Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany

 

                  2072.    Frontal and Occipital Lobe GABA Changes in Depression, Measured with 1H-MRS

C. John Evans1, Marzena Wylezinska1, Zubin Bhagwagar1, Peter Jezzard1, Akeem Sule1, Sudhakar Selvaraj1,

Paul Matthews1, Philip Cowen1

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                  2073.    Proton Spectroscopy Study of Adolescent Depression

Vilma Gabby1, David Hess1, James S. Babb1, Oded Gonen2

1New York University, School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; 2New York University, New York, USA

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                  2074.    MRI Morphometry of the Brain in a Longitudinal Study of Depression

Jamila Ahdidan1, Lars Kroloekke Hviid1, Kim Mouridsen2, Barbara Ravnkilde1, Anders Bertil Rodell3,

Raben Rosenberg1, Poul Videbech1

1University Psychiatric Hospital in Aarhus, Risskov, Denmark; 2CFIN, Aarhus, Denmark; 3General Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

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                  2075.    Treatment of Adolescent Bipolar Depression with Lithium: Effects on Brain MyoInositol
                                Levels Measured by Proton MR Spectroscopy

Kim M. Cecil1, Melissa P. DelBello2, Nick C. Patel3, Caleb M. Adler2, Stephen M. Strakowski2

1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; 2University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; 3University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacology, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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                  2076.    Comparison of 1D and 2D MR Spectroscopy in Bipolar Depression

Shida Banakar1, 2, June Watzl1, Nader Binesh2, Mark Frye2, Albert M. Thomas2

1LABIOMED at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, California, USA; 2UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA;

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                  2077.    Hippocampal Neurochemical Findings in Medication-Free, Euthymic Bipolar Disorder:
                                1H MRSI Study

Wen-Jang Chu1, Stephen M. Strakowski1, Hoby P. Hetherington2, Xin Wang1, Cal M. Adler1, Mellissa P. DelBello1, John N. Adams1, Neil P. Mills1, Yun Gao1, Kelly B. Javis1, Jing-Huei Lee1

1Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

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                  2078.    Global Gray/White Matter Ratio and Gray Matter Volume Reflect Abnormal Aging
                                Neurodevelopment in Treatment Naive Schizophrenics

Su Lui1, Luo Ouyang2, Wei Deng1, Tao Li1, Hong Yang1, Hehan Tang1, Lijun Jiang1, Xiaoqi Huang1, Bin Song1, Xiangping Zhou1, Sumner Maclean1, 3, Vanessa Sluming4, Qiyong Gong1, 4

1West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 3Universitatsklinikum, Goettingen, Germany; 4University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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                  2079.    Cortical Disorganization in Brodmann Areas 9, 46 and 32 in Schizophrenia:
                                Evidence from Brodmann-Based MRI Morphometry

Vaibhav A. Diwadkar1, 2, Jeffrey J. Nutche2, Rhonda El-Sheikh1, Serguei Fedorov1, Debra M. Montrose2,

Matcheri S. Keshavan1, 2

1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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                  2080.    Working Memory Dysfunction with fMRI Task and Gray Matter Difference in Schizophrenia
                                Patients Using Voxel Based Morphometry

Rahyeong Juh1, 2, Min Ying Su1, Chang Uk Lee2, Tae Suk Suh2, Orhan Nalcioglu1

1University of California, Irvine, California, USA; 2Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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                  2081.    2D and 3D RINEPT {1H}-31P-MRSI in the Human Brain and Its Possible Application to Schizophrenia

Tim Wokrina1, Marco Ulrich1, Gabriele Ende1

1Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany

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                  2082.    High Energy Phosphate Abnormalities Normalize After Antipsychotic Treatment in Schizophrenia:
                                A Longitudinal 31P MRS Study of Basal Ganglia

Jayakumar Peruvumba Narayan1, B N. Gangadhar1, G Venkatasubramanian1, M S. Keshavan2

1National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 2Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAText Box:  

 

                  2083.    Assessing the Effect of Comorbidity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
                                Using In Vivo 31P Spectroscopy

Jeffrey A. Stanley1, Matcheri S. Keshavan1, Heidi Kipp2, Erika Greisenegger2, Kanagasabai Panchalingam3,

Jay W. Pettegrew3, Oscar G. Bukstein3

1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; 2Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; 3University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAText Box:  

 

                  2084.    Elevated Brain Lactate Response During Visual Stimulation in Panic Disorder

Richard J. Maddock1, Michael H. Buonocore1, Linda E. Copeland1, Anne L. Richards1, Shawn P. Lavoie1

1University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA

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                  2085.    Positive Correlation of Glycerophosphocholine with Alcohol Consumption in Frontal White Matter
                                of Light Social Drinkers Revealed by 3D 31P MRSI Using RINEPT Editing

Tim Wokrina1, Traute Demirakca1, Matthias Ruf1, Marco Ulrich1, Sigrid Walter1, Helga Welzel1, Gabriele Ende1

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                  2086.    Brain Volume Measurements Correlate with Impulsivity and Aggression

Renee Ochs1, 2, Ying Wu1, 2, Carly Demopoulos1, 2, Rachel Scheidegger1, 2, Robert R. Edelman1, 2, Ann B. Ragin1, 2

1Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 2Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, US

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                  2087.    fMRI-Guided Spectroscopy for Evaluation of Speech-Related Brain Areas in Neuropsychiatry

Peter Vermathen1, Claudia Ehrlich2, Daniela Hubl2, Andrea Federspiel2, Thomas Dierks2, Chris Boesch1,

Roland Kreis1

1University Berne, Berne, Switzerland; 2University Hospital of Clinical Psychiatry, Berne, Switzerland

 

 

 

Advanced Imaging in Brain Tumors

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2088.    Plasticity Changes as Reorganization of Pre-Motor Cortex in Lower Limb Amputees: A VBM Study

Juan Ignacio Romero-Romo1, 2, Corica Rodgers3, Juan José Ortiz2, Leopoldo Gonzalez2, Angel Romero2,

Fernando Alejandro Barrios2

1SESEQ, Querétaro, QRO, Mexico; 2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, QRO, Mexico; 3University of California, Irvine, California, USA

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                  2089.    Structural Abnormalities in Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor Survivors:
                                A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study Based on Free-Form Deformation

Yong Zhang1, 2, Ping Zou1, Raymond K. Mulhern1, Robert J. Butler3, Robert J. Ogg1

1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; 2University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; 3Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA

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                  2090.    Quantitative Analysis of Gd Enhancement Histogram Tails Predicts Transformation in Low Grade Gliomas

Paul S. Tofts1, Chris E. Benton1, Rimona S. Weil1, Daniel J. Tozer1, Daniel Altmann1, H Rolf Jager1,

Adam D. Waldman1, 2, Jeremy H. Rees1

1UCL, London, UK; 2Charing Cross Hospital, London, UKText Box:  

 

                  2091.    Using RCBV and CBF to Distinguish Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Recurrence in Malignant Gliomas

Rebecca Ann Lund1, Scott D. Rand1, H G. Krouwer1, Chris J. Schultz1, Kathleen M. Schmainda1

1Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAText Box:  

 

                  2092.    fMRI in Patients with Brain Tumors: Descriptive Serial Cases of Cognitive Function in
                                Pre and Post Surgical Conditions

Erika Aguilar1, Maria De Iturbe1, Karla Becerril1, Priscila Rojas1, Ana Luisa Sosa1, Sergio Gomez LLata1,

Ulises Garcia1, Perla Salgado1, Jorge Paz1, Fernando Barrios2, Erick Pasaye1

1Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "MVS", Mexico, DF, Mexico; 2Instituto de Neurobiología, Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico

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                  2093.    Assessing Changes in Tumor Vascular Function Using DCE-MRI: A Tale of Two Analysis Algorithms

Srikanth Mahankali1, Qing Yuan1, Alfred WK Yung1, Edward Franklin Jackson1

1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

 

 

 

Multiple Sclerosis: Grey and White Matter Lesions

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2094.    Detection of Subpial Cortical Demyelinating Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis In Vivo

Jacqueline Tien Hsiang Chen1, D. Louis Collins1, Harold L. Atkins2, Mark S. Freedman2, Douglas L. Arnold1

1Montreal Neurological Institute/McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2The Ottawa Hospital-General Campus, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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                  2095.    Abnormalities of Deep Gray Matter Perfusion in Multiple Sclerosis:
                                Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Perfusion MRI at 3.0 T

Matilde Inglese1, Sun-Jung Park1, Glyn Johnson1, James S. Babb1, Hina Jaggi1, Joseph Herbert1, Robert I. Grossman1

1New York University, New York, New York, USA

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                  2096.    Imaging Cadavers - 'cold Brain' MRI Effects and Noninvasive Diffusion Thermometry of the CSF

Paul S. Tofts1, Daniel J. Tozer1, David G. MacManus1, Klaus Schmierer1, Nick C. Fox1

1University College London, London, UK

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                  2097.    In Vivo Visualization of Multiple Sclerosis Cortical Lesions by High Resolution MRI at 3T

Francesca Bagnato1, Lalith Talagala2, Vasiliki Ikonomidou2, Alessandro Calabrese2, Fernanda Tovar-Moll2,

Annie W. Chiu2, Marco Riva2, Mary Ehrmantraut2, Joan M. Ohayon2, Henry F. McFarland2

1NIB, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 2NINDS / NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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                  2098.    Imaging Cortical Lesions at Standard and High Field-Strength (1.5T and 4.7T):
                                Post-Mortem MRI and Histopathology

Jeroen J. G. Geurts1, Erwin Blezer2, Hugo Vrenken1, Annette van der Toorn2, Chris H. Polman1, Jonas A. Castelijns1, Petra J. W. Pouwels1, Lars Bö1, Frederik Barkhof1

1VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; 2University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

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                  2099.    A Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis of Clinically Isolated Syndrome Patients

Mason Shieh1, Daniel Pelletier1, Kathleen Garrison1, Darin Okuda1, Roland G. Henry1

1University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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                  2100.    Texture Response of Deep Gray Matter in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Treated with Minocycline

Yunyan Zhang1, Luanne M. Metz1, Hongmei Zhu2, Voon Wee Yong1, J Ross Mitchell1

1University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 2York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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                  2101.    Quantitative T1 Measurements Suggest Sex-Dependent Gray Matter Involvement in MS

Jeffrey M. Njus1, Leif E. Vigeland1, Xin Li1, 2, Charles S. Springer1, 2, Maria Taylor3, Frank W. Telang2,

Patricia K. Coyle3, William D. Rooney1, 2

1Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA; 2Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA; 3Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA

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                  2102.    MRI Evidence for a Strong Relationship Between Total Cerebral White-Matter Lesion Load and
                                Clinical Disability in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Zografos Caramanos1, Sridar Narayanan1, Simon James Francis1, André Luiz Mendes Matos1,

Maria Carmela Tartaglia1, Yves Lapierre1, Douglas Lorne Arnold1

1Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaText Box:  

 

                  2103.    Extensive T2* Heterogeneity in White Matter Studied by High Resolution MRI at 7T

Tie-Qiang Li1, Alan Koretsky1, Peter van Gelderen1, Hellmut Merkle1, Lalith Talagala1, Jeff Duyn1

1NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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                  2104.    Quantitative Multi-Slice Mapping of the Myelin Water Fraction Using Multi-Compartment Analysis
                                of T2* Relaxation at 3T

Yiping P. Du1, Renxin Chu1, Mark S. Brown1, Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters1, Jack H. Simon1

1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USAText Box:  

 

                  2105.    Normal-Appearing White Matter Changes Vary with Distance to Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis

Hugo Vrenken1, Jeroen J.G. Geurts1, Dirk L. Knol1, Chris H. Polman1, Jonas A. Castelijns1, Petra J.W. Pouwels1, Frederik Barkhof1

1VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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                  2106.    The Early MS Pathology in the Corpus Callosum by Atrophy, Magnetization Transfer and
                                Diffusion Tensor Measures at 3T in Patients with a Clinically Isolated Syndrome and a Positive MRI

Jack H. Simon1, Mark Brown1, David E. Miller1, Jeffrey Bennett1, John Corboy1, Deb Singel1

1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

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                  2107.    Registration and Subtraction of 2D-T2SE Images in a Routine Multicentre
                                Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Trial Setting

Bastiaan Moraal1, Dominik S. Meier2, Hugo Vrenken1, Peter A. Poppe1, Ronald A. van Schijndel1, Petra Jan Willem Pouwels1, Charles R G Guttmann2, Frederik Barkhof1

1VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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                  2108.    Semi-Automated Method for Quantifying and Localizing White Matter Hyperintensities on MR Images

Minjie Wu1, Caterina Rosano1, Meryl Butters1, Ellen Whyte1, Ryan Crooks1, Carolyn Cidis Meltzer1,

Charles F. Reynolds III1, Howard Jay Aizenstein1

1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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                  2109.    Identification of Abnormal White Matter in Multiple Sclerosis

Kishore Venkata Mogatadakala1, Sushmita Datta1, Aziz Hatim Poonawalla1, Khader M. Hasan1, Jerry S. Wolinsky1, Ponnada A. Narayana1

1University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

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                  2110.    Is a Two-Pool MT Model Valid in Tissues with Multicomponent T2?

Sharon Portnoy1, Greg Jan Stanisz2

1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Sunnybrook & Womens' CHSC, Toronto, ON, Canada

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                  2111.    Corpus Callosum Partitioning Schemes and Their Effect on Callosal Morphometry

Charlotte Ryberg1, Mikkel Bille Stegmann2, Karl Sjöstrand2, Egill Rostrup3, Franz Fazekas4, Frederik Barkhof5, Gunhild Waldemar1

1Memory Disorders Research Unit, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; 3Danish Reseach center for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen, Denmark; 4Medical University, Graz, Austria; 5VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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                  2112.    In-Vivo 3D Multi-Component T2-Relaxation Measurements for Quantitative Myelin Imaging at 3T

Burkhard Mädler1, 2, Alex L. MacKay2

1UBC Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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                  2113.    Pattern of Hemodynamic Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis: Dynamic Susceptibility
                                Contrast Perfusion MRI at 3 T

Sumita Adhya1, Glyn Johnson1, Joseph Herbert1, James S. Babb1, Hina Jaggi1, Robert I. Grossman1, Matilde Inglese1

1New York University, New York, New York, USAText Box:  

 

                  2114.    Diffusion Modeling Using Bayesian Probability Theory Applied to Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis

Joshua S. Shimony1, Adrian A. Epstein1, Christopher D. Kroenke1, Jeffrey J. Neil1, Anne H. Cross1, Yvette I. Sheline1, Abraham Z. Snyder1, G Larry Bretthorst1

1Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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                  2115.    Minocycline Impedes the Evolution of Gd-Enhancing Lesions Into Black Holes in Patients with
                                Multiple Sclerosis

Yunyan Zhang1, Luanne M. Metz1, Voon Wee Yong1, J Ross Mitchell1

1University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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                  2116.    Application of Single-Slab 3D-FLAIR, 3D-DIR and 3D-T2, Compared to 2D Dual-Echo T2,
                                in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Bastiaan Moraal1, Petra Jan Willem Pouwels1, Hugo Vrenken1, Charles R G Guttmann2, Dominik S. Meier2,

Ronald A. van Schijndel1, Jeroen J G Geurts1, Frederik Barkhof1

1VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

 

 

fMRI in Animals

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2117.    Quantifying the BOLD Contribution in CBV-Weighted fMRI at 9.4T

Hanbing Lu1, Leah Gitajn1, William Rea1, Yihong Yang1, Elliot A. Stein1

1National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

 

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                  2118.    Dynamic fMRI Acquisition of BOLD, RCBV, CBF, and Hypercapnic Reactivity for RCMRO2
                                Calculation During Rat Forelimb Stimulation

Young Ro Kim1, George Dai1, Emiri Tejima2, Joseph B. Mandeville1, Bruce R. Rosen1

1Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging/ Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; 2Neuroprotection Research laboratory/ Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

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                  2119.    MRI Evidence of Resting State Connectivity in Rodent Brain

Kathleen Anne Williams1, 2, Scott J. Peltier, 12, Stephen M. LaConte, 12, Shella Dawn Keilholz1, 2

1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2120.    fMRI of the Rat’s Whisker-To-Barrel Pathway

Ian Mark Devonshire1, Jason Berwick1, Paul G. Overton1, John E. Mayhew1, Nikos G. Papadakis1

1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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                  2121.    Imaging Dynamic Neural Network in Rat Brains Using BOLD fMRI

Tsukasa Nagaoka1, 2, Naoyuki Miyasaka, 23, Richard P. Kennan2, Seiji Ogawa2, 4, Timothy Q. Duong1

1Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA;
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Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan; 4Ogawa Laboratories for Brain Function Research, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanText Box:  

 

                  2122.    Stimulus Frequency Dependence of the Relationship Between BOLD Signal and
                                Somatosensory Evoked Potential in Rat Cortex

Ikuhiro Kida1, Mamoru Tamura1, Toru Yamamoto1

1Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

 

                  2123.    Subcortical Forepaw Stimulation fMRI Activations in Awake Rats

Qiang Shen1, Nanna Sulai1, Timothy Q. Duong1

1Emory Unviersity, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2124.    Distinct Characteristics of Brain Activity in Cat V1 and LGN in Response to Flicking and Grating
      Visual Stimuli: A fMRI Study at 9.4T

Xiao-Hong Zhu1, Nanyin Zhang1, Yi Zhang1, Wei Chen1

1CMRR, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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                  2125.    Study of Correlation Between Brain Activity and ATP Metabolic Rates by Means of 31P Magnetization
                                Transfer and Electroencephalograph Measurement

Fei Du1, Yi Zhang1, Michael Friedman1, Nanyin Zhang1, Xiao-Hong Zhu1, Kamil Ugurbil1, Wei Chen1

1Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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                  2126.    Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rat Spinal Cord After Peripheral Nerve Injury

Katarzyna Majcher1, Boguslaw Tomanek2, 3, Andrzej Jasinski1, 4, Tadeusz Foniok2, Dave Kirk3, Dave Rushforth2, Ursula I. Tuor2, 3, Grzegorz Hess5

1Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAS, Krakow, Poland; 2Institute for Biodiagnostics (West), NRC, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
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Experimental Imaging Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 4Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland; 5Institute of Pharmacology, PAS, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

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                  2127.    Functional Imaging of Cat Spinal Cord by CBV-Weighted fMRI

Fuqiang Zhao1, Changfeng Tai1, Jicheng Wang1, Ping Wang1, James R. Roppolo1, William C. de Groat1,

Seong-Gi Kim1

1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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                  2128.    Comparison of Neural Activity in the Rat Spinal Cord Using fMRI and Field Potentials
                                During Noxious Electrical Stimulation of the Hind Paw

Jane Lawrence1, 2, Phillip F. Gardiner1, Kalan R. Gardiner1, Patrick W. Stroman, 13, Kris L. Malisza, 12

1University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 2National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
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Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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                  2129.    Neural Basis of Unconditional Fear: Perfusion and Functional Imaging in Aging
                                Rat Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis

Wei Chen1, Young Kim2, Karl F. Schmidt1, Feng Luo1, Mathew Brevard1, Jean King1

1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,,Massachusetts, USA; 2MGH/MIT/HMS, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

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                  2130.    Imaging Fear Stress Responses in Monkeys

Josie A. Harder1, 2, Timothy S. Garelick1, Wei Chen1, Jean A. King1

1UMass Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; 2University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

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                  2131.    Functional (BOLD) MRI in Zebra Finch to Investigate the Capacity of Specific Brain Regions
                                to Segregate Meaningful Auditory Signals from a Noisy Background

Tiny Boumans1, Clémentine Vignal2, 3, Alain Smolders1, Marleen Verhoye1, Johan Van Audekerke1, Nicolas Mathevon3, Annemie Van der Linden1

1University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 2Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France; 3Université Paris XI, Orsay & LBA,
Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France

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                  2132.    Functional MRI of the Songbird Zebra Finch at 3 Tesla

Henning U. Voss1, Kristen Maul2, Douglas Ballon1, Ofer T. Tchernichovski2, Santosh A. Helekar3

1Cornell University, New York, New York, USA; 2CUNY, New York, New York, USA; 3University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

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                  2133.    Quantitative MRI of Cerebral Blood Flow in the Non-Human Primate

Paul A. Greenberg1, Joanna E. Perthen1, Anna L. Quijada1, David J. Dubowitz1

1University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

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                  2134.    High Spatial Resolution fMRI Mapping of Digit Topography and the Funneling Illusion
                                in SI Cortex of the Anesthetized Squirrel Monkey

Gregory Harrison Turner1, Li Min Chen1, Robert M. Friedman1, John C. Gore1, Anna W. Roe1, Malcolm J. Avison1

1Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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                  2135.    Perfusion-Based fMRI in the Monkey Brain at 7T: Investigations of CASL Parameters

Anne Catherin Zappe1, Hellmut Merkle2, Josef Pfeuffer1, 3, Nikos k. Logothetís1

1Max Planck Institute, Tuebingen, Germany; 2NIH/NINDS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 3Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany

 

                  2136.    Discordant Responses to Cocaine in CBF and CBV: Implications for PhMRI CMRO2 Assessment

Feng Luo1, Karl F. Schmidt1, Craig F. Ferris1, Timothy Q. Duong2

1UMass, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; 2Emory University, Atalanta, Georgia, USA

 

                  2137.    Characterizing Alcohol-Induced Changes in Forebrain Activity in Awake Rats
      Using PhMRI and Assessing Brain Tissue Alcohol Pharmacokinetics Using Proton MR Spectroscopy

Feng Luo1, Zhixin Li1, Steven Treistman1, Craig F. Ferris1

1University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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                  2138.    A Multimodality Investigation of Cerebral Haemodynamics and Autoregulation in PhMRI

Alessandro Gozzi1, Laura Ceolin1, Adam Schwarz1, Torsten Reese1, Simone Bertani1, Angelo Bifone1

1Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, Psychiatry, GlaxoSmithKline, Verona, Italy

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                  2139.    Mapping Neural Activities of Area Postrema and Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in Awake
                                Rats Using Pharmacological MRI: Relevance as a Potential Biomarker for Detecting
                                Drug-Induced Emesis

Chih-Liang Chin1, Gerard B. Fox1, Vincent P. Hradil1, Mark A. Osinski1, Steve P. McGaraughty1, Pamela D. Skoubis1, Bryan F. Cox1, Yanping Luo1

1Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USAText Box:  

 

                  2140.    Application of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to the Study of 5-HT2C
                                Neurotransmission in Rat Brain

Jennifer Ann Stark1, Karen E. Davies1, Shane McKie1, Steve R. Williams1, Simon M. Luckman1

1University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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                  2141.    L-Tetrahydropalmatine Induces a Negative BOLD Signal in the Nucleus Accumbens and
                                Orbitofrontal Cortex in Heroin-Dependent Rats

Zheng Yang1, Guofan Xu2, Kathleen Q. Yin2, Gaohong Wu2, Shi-Jiang Li2

1Institute of Basic Medical Science, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAText Box:  

 

                  2142.    An fMRI Study of Naturalistic Stimulation of the Rat’s Whiskers

Ian Mark Devonshire1, Paul G. Overton1, John E. Mayhew1, Nikos G. Papadakis1

1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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                  2143.    Functional MRI of Hypothalamic Responses to Circulating Glucose and Fatty Acids

Jong-Hee Hwang1, Tony K T Lam1, Wei Sun1, Tsukasa Nagaoka1, Naoyuki Miyasaka1, Kan Takahashi1,

Luciano Rossetti1

1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

 

                  2144.    The Role of Cortico-Cortical Connections in Intercortical Plasticity Following Peripheral Nerve Injury

Galit Pelled1, Kai-Hsiang Chuang1, Stephen Dodd1, Alan P. Koretsky1

1National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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                  2145.    Mapping Neuropharmacological-Evoked BOLD Signals in Rat Brain Under Isoflurane Anesthesia:
                                A Feasibility Study

Xiaodong Guo1, Ping Wang1, Mike Robbins1, Jian-Ming Zhu1

1Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

 

 

 

Coronary MRA

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2146.    Preliminary Study of Coronary MRA at 3T: Using 3D Gradient Echo Sequence in a
                                Delayed Post-Contrast Phase

Wei Sun1, Guang Cao2, Yi He3, Zhaoqi Zhang3

1GE Healthcare China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2GE Healthcare China, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; 3Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2147.    Coronary Blood Flow Measurement at 3.0T Using Navigator-Echo Gated Phase Velocity Mapping

Kevin R. Johnson1, Puneet Sharma, John N. Oshinski1

1Georgia Tech/Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2148.    3D Coronary Vessel Wall Imaging at 3 Tesla Using DIR with an Obliquely Oriented Re-Inversion Slab

Andrew Nicholas Priest1, Paul Martin Bansmann1, Alexander Stork1, Michael G. Kaul1, Gerhard Adam1

1University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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                  2149.    Feasibility of 350 Micron Resolution Coronary MR Angiography at 3T

Ahmed M. Gharib1, Daniel A. Herzka2, Vincent B. Ho3, Robert G. Weiss4, Roderic Pettigrew1, Matthias Stuber4

1NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 2Clinical Sites Research Program, Bethesda, Maryland, USA;
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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                  2150.    Automated Identification of Minimal Myocardial Motion for Improved Image Quality in
                                Coronary MRA at 3T

Ali Oguz Ustun1, Robert George Weiss1, Milind Desai2, Matthias Stuber1

1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 2Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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                  2151.    Development and Evaluation of 3T Whole-Heart Coronary MR Angiography Technique

Ahmed M. Gharib1, Vincent B. Ho2, Daniel A. Herzka3, Julia Locklin1, Matthias Stuber4, Roderic Pettigrew1

1NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 2Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 3Clinical Sites Research Program, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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                  2152.    High-Resolution Coronary Artery MRA at 3 Tesla with Slow Infusion of an
                                Extravascular High Relaxivity Contrast Agent MultiHance

Xiaoming Bi1, James Carr1, Debiao Li1

1Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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                  2153.    Flow-Related Problems in Whole Heart Cine Coronary MR Angiography

Kay Nehrke1, Peter Börnert1, Christian Stehning1

1Philips Research Laboratories, Hamburg, Germany

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                  2154.    Respiratory Self-Gated 4D Coronary MRA with UNFOLD

Lan Ge1, Peng Lai1, Andrew Larson1, Jaeseok Park1, Xiaoming Bi1, Debiao Li1

1Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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                  2155.    Comparison of Inversion Recovery Steady-State Free Precession and
                                Fast Low Angle Shot Sequences for 3D Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography

Kai-Uwe Waltering1, Holger Eggebrecht1, Kai Nassenstein1, Thomas Schlosser1, Peter Hunold1, Joerg Barkhausen1

1University Hospital, Essen, NRW, Germany

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                  2156.    Three-Dimensional Time-Resolved Whole-Heart Coronary Angiography Using a 3D
                                Cones Trajectory

Paul T. Gurney1, Brian A. Hargreaves1, Dwight G. Nishimura1

1Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

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                  2157.    Adapting Trigger Delays to Heart Rate for Coronary MR Angiography

Garry Liu1, Graham Arnold Wright1

1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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                  2158.    Motion Measurement Using Echoes During SSFP Dummy Cycles for Whole-Heart
                                MR Coronary Artery

Masao Yui1, Yoshimori Kassai1, Shigehide Kuhara1

1Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, Tochigi, Japan

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                  2159.    Compensating for Beat-To-Beat Variation in Coronary Motion Improves Image Quality
                                in Coronary MR

Maneesh Dewan1, Gregory D. Hager1, Steven M. Shea2, Christine H. Lorenz3

1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 2Siemens Medical Solutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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Siemens Corporate Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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                  2160.    An Automatic Off-Resonance Correction Method for Multi-Slice Imaging

Weitian Chen1, Craig H. Meyer1

1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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                  2161.    Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography Using an Intravascular Contrast Agent:
                                T1 Time Course of Normal Myocardium and Blood

Kai-Uwe Waltering1, Holger Eggebrecht1, Kai Nassenstein1, Thomas Schlosser1, Peter Hunold1, Joerg Barkhausen1

1University Hospital, Essen, NRW, Germany

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                  2162.    Breath Hold Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography with MS 325: Initial Experiences

Kai Nassenstein1, Kai Uwe Waltering1, Frank Breuckmann1, Thomas Schlosser1, Peter Hunold1, Joerg Barkhausen1

1University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Germany

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                  2163.    Optimal Selection of the Subject-Specific Data Acquisition Window for Coronary MRA

Xiaoming Bi1, Yiu-cho Chung2, Sven Zuehlsdorff2, Debiao Li1

1Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 2Siemens Medical Solutions, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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                  2164.    Coronary MR Angiography at 3T During Diastole and Systole

Ahmed M. Gharib1, Daniel A. Herzka2, Ali Ustun3, Milind Desai4, Julia Locklin1, Roderic Pettigrew1, Matthias Stuber3

1NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 2Clinical Sites Research Program, Bethesda, Maryland, USA;
3
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 4Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

 

 

 

Vessel Wall Imaging

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2165.    Delayed Enhancement MR Coronary Vessel Wall Imaging in Patients
                                with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

Tareq Ibrahim1, David Maintz2, Josef Dirschinger1, Silvia Schachoff1, Albert Schomig, 13, Warren J. Manning4,

Markus Schwaiger1, René Michael Botnar1

1Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany; 2University Münster, Münster, Germany; 3German Heart Center, Munich, Germany;
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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                  2166.    T2 and ADC Values of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques Under Fresh and Preserved Conditions

Binjian Sun1, Don P. Giddens1, Robert Long Jr. 2, Robert Taylor2, Diana Weiss2, Giji Joseph2, David Vega2,

John N. Oshinski1

1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2167.    Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Using Multi-Contrast MRI
                                Acquired Under Simulated In-Vivo Conditions

Binjian Sun1, 2, Don P. Giddens1, Robert Long Jr. 2, Robert Taylor2, 3, Diana Weiss2, Giji Joseph2, David Vega2,

John N. Oshinski1, 2

1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;
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Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2168.    Time Efficient Carotid Artery Imaging Using TSE with Reduced Field of View and
                                Interleaved Double Inversion at 3 Tesla

Seong-Eun Kim1, Eun-Kee Jeong1, Eugene G. Kholmovski1, Dennis L. Parker1

1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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                  2169.    Multi-Contrast Black-Blood MRI of Carotid Arteries: Comparison Between
                                1.5 and 3 Tesla Magnetic Field Strengths

Vasily L. Yarnykh1, Masahiro Terashima2, Cecil E. Hayes1, Ann Shimakawa3, Norihide Takaya1, Patricia K. Nguyen2,
Jean H. Brittain3, Michael V. McConnell2, Chun Yuan1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 2Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA;
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GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, California, USA

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                  2170.    In Vivo Automated Quantification of Fibrous Tissue Content in Atherosclerosis Plaque MRI
                                with T2-Mapping and Contrast Enhanced (TMCE) Technique

Jinnan Wang1, Vasily Yarnykh1, Chun Yuan1, Tobias Saam1, Thomas Hatsukami2, Marina Ferguson1, Tong Zhu1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 2VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA;

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                  2171.    Reproducibility and SNR Optimization of Quantitative T2 Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging
                                with a Dual-Echo Technique

Jinnan Wang1, Vasily Yarnykh1, Thomas Hatsukami2, Chun Yuan1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 2VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA

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                  2172.    The Forgotten Side: In–Vivo Assessment of Inflammatory Atheroma Burden on the
                                 Contralateral Side to Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis Using High Resolution
                                USPIO-Enhanced MR Imaging

Tjun Tang1, 2, Simon Peter Satterly Howarth1, 2, Ilse Joubert1, Andrew P. Brown3, Martin John Graves1,

Peter J. Kirkpatrick2, Michael E. Gaunt2, Jonathan H. Gillard1

1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK; 2Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK;
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Glaxosmithkline, Greenford, Surrey, UK

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                  2173.    High-Resolution Carotid MRA and Plaque MRI at 3T: Initial Clinical Experience and Validation
                            of Semi-Automated Plaque Characterization

Kevin DeMarco1, David Zhu1, Collen Hammond1, Grant Henderson1, William Kerwin2, William Ross3,

Vasily Yarnykh2, Chun Yuan2

1Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; 2University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA;
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Pathway MRI, Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA

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                  2174.    An MRI Technique for the Study of the Prevalence of Atherosclerosis

Hunter Reeve Underhill1, John Robin Crouse2, Vasily Yarnykh1, Robert Kraft2, Tobias Saam1, Norihide Takaya1, Baocheng Chu1,
Clement Yang1, James Greg Terry2, Chun Yuan1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 2Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

 

                  2175.    MRI Can Detect Intraplaque Hemorrhage in Ex-Vivo Coronary Arteries

General Leung1, Nigel Munce1, Richard Bitar1, Jagdish Butany2, Graham A. Wright1, Alan R. Moody1

1Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

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                  2176.    Carotid Atherosclerotic Score--A New Method to Identify High Risk Carotid Plaques
                                Based on Multi-Contrast MRI: Validation and Preliminary Results from Patients

Jianming Cai1, Tobias Saam2, Marina S. Ferguson2, Chun Yuan2

1Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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                  2177.    Distribution of Intraplaque Hemorrhage in Carotid Complicated Plaques Defined by
                                High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging (HiresMRDTI)

Richard Bitar1, Alan R. Moody2, Sean Symons1, General Leung2, Jagdish Butany1, Susan Crisp2, Alexander Kiss3,

D James Sahlas2, David Gladstone2, Robert Maggisano2

1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Sunnybrook and Women's College HSC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
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Institutes for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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                  2178.    High Resolution Diffusion Weighted Imaging of Human Carotid Artery Using 2D
                                Ss-RFOV-DWEPI at 3 Tesla

Seong-Eun Kim1, Eun-Kee Jeong1, Eugene G. Kholmovski1, Dennis L. Parker1

1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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                  2179.    Time-Efficient Multislice Black-Blood Imaging with Reduced Field-Of-View
                                Using Quadruple Inversion-Recovery Sequence

Vasily L. Yarnykh1, Chun Yuan1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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                  2180.    Non Invasive MRI Vessel Wall Evaluation in Asymtomatic Patients: Comparison of
                                Three MRI Based Parameters in Aorta and Common Carotid Arteries

Karen B. Weinshelbaum1, Venkatesh Mani1, Hiroaki Taniguchi1, Silvia H. Aguiar1, John E. Postley2,

Robert J. van der Geest3, Ellen Bondar1, Daniel D. Samber1, J H. Reiber3, Zahi A. Fayad1

1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; 2Columbia University, New York, New York, USA; 3Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

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                  2181.    Evaluation of Thrombus Organization as a New Parameter for Follow-Up After
                                Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

S. A. Cornelissen1, M. J. Van der Laan2, K. L. Vincken1, C. J. Bakker1, H. J. Verhagen1, W. P. Mali1, F. L. Moll1,

L. W. Bartels1

1University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Hilversum General Hospital, Hilversum, Netherlands

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                  2182.    Vessel Wall Imaging in Peripheral Vascular Disease

Timothy J. Carroll1, 2, Dongxiang Xu3, Nondas Leoloudas2, Jin Tan2, James Carr2, Debiao Li2, John Koktzglou2,

Chun Yuan3, Mary McDermott2

1Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 2Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
3
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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                  2183.    Rapid and Reproducible Measurement of Atherosclerotic Plaque Volume in
                                Peripheral Arterial Disease by MRI

David C. Isbell1, Craig H. Meyer1, Walter J. Rogers1, Frederick H. Epstein1, Joseph M. DiMaria1, Nancy L. Harthun1,
Hongkun Wang1, Christopher M. Kramer1

1University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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                  2184.    Black-Blood Imaging Using a Spin-Echo Spiral Sequence with Flow-Spoiling Gradients

Wen-Tung Wang1, Peng Hu1, Craig H. Meyer1

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                  2185.    Multislice Spiral Superficial Femoral Artery Wall Imaging

Christopher Thomas Sica1, Chris M. Kramer1, Craig H. Meyer1

1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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                  2186.    The Effect of Slice Thickness on Assessment of Atherosclerosis Geometry Measures

Ruta Gelombickaite1, Rem van Tyen2, Gregory Wong1, Joseph Rapp1, David Saloner, 12

1VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA; 2University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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                  2187.    Diffusion Based Model of Contrast Agent Kinetics for Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI

William Sean Kerwin1, Vasily Yarnykh1, Chun Yuan1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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                  2188.    High-Resolution MRI with a New Cardiac and Respiratory Gating System for
                                Contrast-Enhanced MRI of the Carotids in the ApoE-/- Mouse

Hasan Alsaid1, Maher Sabbah2, Zakaria Bendahmane1, Odette Fokapu2, Philippe Robert3, Claire Corot3,

André Briguet1, Emmanuelle Canet-Soulas1

1Laboratoire de RMN Méthodologie et Instrumentation en Biophysique, UCB-CNRS UMR 5012, Villeurbanne, France;
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UMR 6600, Biomécanique et Génie Biomédical, UTC, Compiègne, France; 3Guerbet, B.P. 50400, Roissy CdG cedex, France

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                  2189.    Characterization of Plaque Components in Gadofluorine M-Enhanced Rabbit Atherosclerosis:
                                Toward Quantification of Plaque Progression with Biomechanics

Jie Zheng1, Dalin Tang2, Bernd Misselwitz3, Issam El Naqa1, Joseph O. Deasy4, Dana Abendschein4

1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; 2Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA;
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Schering AG, Berlin, Germany; 4Washinfton University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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                  2190.    Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Rabbit Atherosclerotic Lesions with  MS-325

Marc Lobbes1, Robbert-Jan Miserus1, Andrea Wiethoff2, Alfons Kessels3, Mat Daemen1, Jos van Engelshoven1,

Sylvia Heeneman1, Tim Leiner1, Eline Kooi1

1Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands; 2Epix Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;
3
Clinical Epidemiology and MTA, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

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                  2191.    In-Vivo MRSI Detection of Lipid in Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque

Kai Wolfgang Eberhardt1, Susan Yeon2, Dana Cecil Peters2, Michael Schär3, 4, Peter Boesiger1, Sebastian Kozerke1

1University and ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
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Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USAText Box:  

 

                  2192.    Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization Using NMR Spectroscopy

Said Rahnamaye Rabbani1, Erasmo Simão da Silva1, Antonio Carlos Bloise1, Mauro M. Hanaoka2, Tito José Bonagamba3

1São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil; 2São Paulo University, São Paulo, São  Paulo, Brazil;
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São Paulo University, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

 

Body MR: Liver, Contrast Techniques

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2193.    Evaluation of the Upper Abdomen on Dynamic Enhanced Coronal Liver Acceleration
                                with Volume Acquisition Imaging: Comparison with MDCT

Motoyuki Katayama1, Takayuki Masui1, Kimihiko Sato1, Masahiro Sugiyama1, Hidekazu Seo1, Atsushi Nozaki2,

Masaya Hirano2

1Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan; 2General Electtric Yokogawa Medical Systems, Hino, Tokyo, JapanText Box:  

 

                  2194.    Time-Resolved Three-Dimensional Contrast-Enhanced Dynamic MR Imaging of the
                                Whole Liver with a Parallel Imaging Technique

Katsuyoshi Ito1, Takeshi Fujita1, Ayame Shimizu1, Minoru Hayashida1, Masahiro Tanabe1, Naofumi Matsunaga1

1Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

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                  2195.    Clinical Evaluation of an Ultra High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Time Resolved Dynamic
                                Contrast Enhanced Imaging Technique in Hepato-Biliary Oncosurgical Imaging

Rammohan Vadapalli1, Manojkumar Saranathan2, Ramesh Venkatesan3, Mohan deseilva4, Aloka Pathirana4

1Asiri Surgical Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka; 2Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 3Wipro GE Medical Systems, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 4University of Jayawardhenpura, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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                  2196.    Comparison of a Recently Developed 3D SPGR Breath-Hold Examination for
                                Abdominal MR Imaging and 2D Fast SPGR Breath-Hold Equivalent for Image Characteristics

Kimihiko Sato1, Takayuki Masui1, Motoyuki Katayama1, Masahiro Sugiyama1, Hidekazu Seo1, Atshushi Nozaki2, Masaya Hirano2

1Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan; 2GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Hino, Tokyo, Japan

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                  2197.    Detection and Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinomas£ºComparison of
                                Gadolinium-Enhanced 3D MR Imaging and Digital Subtraction Angiography in the Same Patient

Huiyi Ye1, Maoqiang Wang1, Jing Zhang1, Youquan Cai1, Lin Ma1, Fengyong Liu1

1PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2198.    Biliary Enhancement of Gd-BOPTA (MultiHance®) and Gd-EOB-DTPA (Primovist®)
                                 - A Study in Healthy Volunteers

Nils Dahlström1, 2, Torkel B. Brismar3, Anders Persson1, Nils Albiin3, Örjan Smedby1

1Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden; 2Hudiksvall Hospital, Hudiksvall, Sweden;
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Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

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                  2199.    Hepatocellular Adenoma and the Surrounding Liver: A Spectrum of Characteristic
                                Findings at State-Of-The-Art MR Imaging, with Histopathological Correlation

Indra Celine van den Bos1, Shahid M. Hussain1, Pieter E. Zondervan1, Piotr A. Wielopolski1, Jan N M IJzermans1,

Rob A. de Man1

1Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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                  2200.    MRI Estimation of Donor Liver Graft Steatosis Prior to Orthotopic Liver
                                Transplantation: Feasibility and Evaluation of Possible RF Heating Effects

Kieren Grant Hollingsworth1, Susan Maguire2, Martin John Graves1, David J. Lomas1

1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK; 2Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UKText Box:  

 

                  2201.    Liver Vessel Enhancement of Gd-BOPTA and Gd-EOB-DTPA

Torkel B. Brismar1, Nils Dahlström2, 3, Örjan Smedby2, Anders Persson2, Nils Albiin1

1CLINTEC, Stockholm, Sweden; 2CMIV, Linköping, Sweden; 3Department of Radiology, Hudiksvall Hospital, Sweden

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                  2202.    Triple Arterial and Portal Venous Phase Dynamic MRI of Liver: To Differentiate
                                Malignant and Hypervascular Benign Focal Lesions by Enhancement Curve and Parameters

Ying Li1, Xiao-peng Zhang1, Lei Tang1, Kun Cao1

1Beijing Cancer Hospital, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2203.    Focal Liver Lesion Detection and Characterization: Comparison of SSEPI
                                Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with T2-Weighted Imaging; Early Experience

Tejas Parikh1, Stephen Drew1, Samson Wong1, Vivian S. Lee1, Elizabeth M. Hecht1, Ruth Lim1, Bachir Taouli1

1NYU Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

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                  2204.    Liver Function Test Using SVD-Based Deconvolutional Analysis in Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced MRI

Anders Nordell1, Henrik Nilsson2, Roberto Vargas1, Eduard Jonas2, Lennart Blomqvist1

1Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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                  2205.    Characterization of Neuro-Endocrine Tumors Using MRI: Longitudinal Study in an
                                Athymic Nude Mouse Model

Loredana Baboi1, 2, Laurent Milot1, 3, Frank Pilleul, 13, Jean-Yves Scoazec4, Olivier Beuf1

1Université Claude Bernard LYON1, CPE, Villeurbanne, France; 2Creatis- UMR5515 CNRS - U630 INSERM, Lyon, France;
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Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France; 4Faculté de Médecine Laennec, Lyon, France

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                  2206.    Automatic Analysis of Hepatic DCE-MRI Data

Daniel Monleon1, David Moratal-Pérez2, Luis Marti-Bonmati3, Ignacio Blanquer2, Vicente Hernández2,

Jose Carbonell2, Bernardo Celda1

1Universitat de Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain; 2Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain;
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Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain

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                  2207.    Clinical Evaluation of Elliptical Centric Fat Suppressed Time Resolved Imaging in
                                Liver Tumor Characterization

Manojkumar Saranathan1, Ramesh Venkatesan2, Venkat Ramanan2, Ananta Padmanabha3, Rammohan Vadapalli3

1Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 2GE Healthcare, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 3Asiri Surgical Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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                  2208.    Clinical Feasibility of Single Breath-Hold Multiphase Dynamic MR Imaging of Liver
                                Using THRIVE-CENTRA-Keyhole Sequence

Myeong-Jin Kim1, Wha Sun Kim1, Donald G. Mitchell2, Jan de Becker3, Gabriele Beck3, Masayuki Kanematsu4,

Eun Ju Kim5, Ki Whang Kim1

1Yonsei University, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
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Philips Medical Systems, Best, Netherlands; 4Gifu University, Gifu, Japan; 5Philips Medical Systems Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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                  2209.    Detection and Characterization of Hepatic Metastases with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide 
                                Enhanced Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging

Nagaaki Marugami1, Shinji Hirohashi1, Satoru Kitano1, Kimihiko Kichikawa1

1Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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                  2210.    Inferior Vena Cava Encirclement by Caudate Lobe Hypertrophy: Evaluation by MRI and CT
                                and Its Impact on Caval Preservation During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Rashi I. Mehta1, Donald G. Mitchell1, Liise Kayler1, Laurence Parker1

1Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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                  2211.    Phase Velocity Imaging of Portal Pressure Gradients for Evaluating Liver Cirrhosis

Yuenan Wang1, Hyeonjin Kim1, Alexander Pinus1, Maolin Qiu1, R. Todd Constable1

1Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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                  2212.    Focal Nodular Enhancement on 3D MRI of Cystic Renal Lesions Predicts Malignancy

Ivan Pedrosa1, Martin P. Smith1, Gregory S. Adey1, Martin G. Sanda1, William D. DeWolf1, Neil M. Rofsky1

1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 

 

 

Body: GI-GU

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2213.    Specific Pathogen-Free Transgenic Mice Carrier for Molecular MR Imaging

Cory Robert Wyatt1, Donna J. Cross1, 2, Mark Mathis1, Cecil Hayes1, Jennifer A. Flexman1, Kenneth R. Maravilla1, Satoshi Minoshima1

1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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                  2214.    In Vivo Sodium Imaging of Mouse Kidney at 9.4 Tesla: A Feasibility Study

Haiying Liu1, Martin G. Kohler1, XL Shen1, Maria L. Garcia1, Donald S. Williams2, Richard J. Hargreaves2

1Merck Research Labs, Rahway, New Jersey, USA; 2Merck Research Labs, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA

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                  2215.    Functional Consequences of Aquaporin-1 Deficiency: Renal MRI in a Pre-Clinical Model

Natarajan Raghunand1, Theodore P. Trouard1, Heddwen Brooks1

1University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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                  2216.    MRI-Histopathology Correlation of N-Phenylanthranylic Acid Induced Nephropathy in Rats

Yi-Xiang Wang1, Graham Betton1, Eike Floettmann1, Carsten Leiss1

1Astra Zeneca, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UKText Box:  

 

                  2217.    Synchronization Strategies in T2-Weighted MR Imaging for Detection of Mouse Liver Metastasis

Loredana Baboi1, 2, Laurent Milot1, 3, Frank Pilleul, 13, Carole Lartizien2, 4, Olivier Beuf1

1Université Claude Bernard LYON1, CPE, Villeurbanne, France; 2Creatis - UMR5515 CNRS - U630 INSERM, Lyon, France;
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Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France; 4CERMEP- Plate-forme ANIMAGE, Bron, France

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                  2218.    Visualization of Seminiferous Tubules by High Resolution MR Imaging in Rat Testes:
                                The Usefulness in the Evaluation of Spermatogenic Activities

Masayuki Yamaguchi1, 2, Fukiyuki Mitsumori1, Nobuhiro Takaya1, Hidehiro Watanabe1, Manabu Minami2

1National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; 2University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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                  2219.    Evaluation of Autoimmune Pancreatitis with MR Imaging: A Comparative Study with Helical CT

Zhenghan Yang1, Weifeng Zhao1, Min Chen1, Ye Tan1, Xiaohua Ye1, Min Zhang1, Cheng Zhou1

1Beijing Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2220.    Quantification of the Stimulation Effect on the Exocrine Pancreas of Two Doses of Secretin Using MRCP

Maria Antonietta Bali1, Thierry Metens1, Marianna Arvanitakis1, Jacques Devière1, Celso Matos1

1Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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                  2221.    Role of Secretin Enhanced MRCP in Post Partial Pancreatectomy Patients

Munazza Anis1, Koenraad J. Mortele2, Servet Tatli2, Alisa Suzuki2, Sukru Mehmet Erturk2, Peter A. Banks2,

Stuart G. Silverman2

1Brigham and Women's Hospital,, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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                  2222.    Free-Breathing and High B-Value Diffusion-Weighted MR Images of Solid Pancreatic
                                Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions

Mayumi Takeuchi1, Kenji Matsuzaki1, Hitoshi Kubo1, Masafumi Harada1, Hiromu Nishitani1

1Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

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                  2223.    Pancreatic Duct Visualisation: Secretin MRCP Compared with 2D and 3D MRCP Techniques,
                                Initial Results

Suzanne L. Wakely1, 2, Evis Sala1, 2, Lucy Bushby1, 2, Richard T. Black2, Martin J. Graves1, Ruth Beavon2,

David J. Lomas1, 2

1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 2Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK

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                  2224.    Quantification of Renal Volume and Length in Normal Subjects by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Benjamin Cheong1, Raja Muthupillai1, 2, Scott Flamm1, 3

1St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA; 2Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA;
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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USAText Box:  

 

                  2225.    Sodium MRI of the Human Kidney

Yael Rosen1, Nimrod Maril1, H Glenn Reynolds2, Alexander Ivanishev1, Robert E. Lenkinski1

1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 2GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Body: GI

Room 4E                    Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00

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                  2226.    Clinical Significance of Diffusion Weighted Image in Staging Esophageal Cancer

Aine Sakurada1, Taro Takahara1, Tomohiro Yamashita1, Seiji Nasu1, Tomohiko Horie1, Marc Van Cauteren2,

Yutaka Imai1

1Tokai Univ. School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan; 2Philips Medical Systems, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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                  2227.    Ex Vivo MR Diffusion Anisotropy Measurement for the Evaluation of Gastric Tissue Fiber
                                Directions Using 3D Turbo STEAM Sequence

Roger Nana1, Nader Metwalli1, Lei Zhou1, Keith Aaron Heberlein1, Choong-Ki Eun2, Xiaoping P. Hu1,

Chi-Woong Mun1, 3

1Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Inje University, Busan, South, Republic of Korea;
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Inje University, Gimhae, South, Republic of Korea

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                  2228.    Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of Gastric Cancer: Preliminary Studies

Xiao Peng Zhang1, Lei Tang1, Ying Shi Sun1, Jie Li1

1Beijing Cancer Hospital & Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2229.    Dynamic 3D Gastric Imaging Using k-T BLAST and Image Processing of the 4D MRI
                                Data of the Human Stomach

Stefan Zwick1, Andreas Steingoetter1, Sebastian Kozerke1, Werner Schwizer2, Peter Boesiger1

1ETH and University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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                  2230.    Effect of Fat Emulsion Acid Stability on Gastric Emptying, CCK Release and Satiety: An EPI Study

Luca Marciani1, Martin Wickham2, Gulzar Singh1, Debbie Bush1, Barbara Pick1, Jeff Wright1, Annette Fillery-Travis3, Richard Faulks2,
Charles Marsden1, Robin C. Spiller1, Penny A. Gowland1

1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK; 2Institute of Food Research, Norwich, England, UK;
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Centre for Research and Dissemination, Norwich, England, UK

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                  2231.    Behaviour of Calcium Gelled Alginate Beads in Simulated Gastrointestinal Conditions

Peter Jonathan Wright1, P Rayment2, C Hoad1, I Dalhiwala2, T Weaver2, L Marciani3, R Spiller3, M Butler2,

P Gowland1

1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK; 2Unilever R&D, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, UK;
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University Hospital, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK

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                  2232.    Crohn’s Disease of Small Bowel:MR Enteroclysis,dynamic Contrast Enhancement,and
                                Cross-Sectional Imaging

Liu Yu Bao1

1Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guang Zhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

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                  2233.    MRI of Colon Wall Thickness - A Biomarker in Experimental Mouse Inflammatory Disease?

Anna E. Larsson1, Silvia Melgar1, Erika Rehnström1, Lennart ET Svensson1, Erik Michaelsson1, Paul D. Hockings1, Lars E. Olsson1

1AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden

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                  2234.    How to Select B Value of Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging for Detecting Primary Rectal Cancer

Xiao Peng Zhang1, Ying Shi Sun1, Lei Tang1, Jie LI1, Kun Cao1

1Beijing Cancer Hospital, School of Oncology, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2235.    Dual Modality Virtual Colonoscopy Workstation: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Dongqing Chen1

1Viatronix Inc., Stony Brook, New York, USA

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                  2236.    An Inversion Recovery Phase-Contrast EPI Scan for Rapid Simultaneous Encoding of Velocity
                                and T1 Data for the Single Kidney Glumerular Filtration Rate

Mahmoud Abdulhamid Abdulhusain1, Michael H. Buonocore2

1University of California, Davis, California, USA; 2University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA

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                  2237.    Functional Magnetic Resonance Gadolinium Enhanced Imaging of the Kidney: Detection of a
                                Physiological Change in Renal GFR in Response to an Amino Acid Challenge Test

Diego R. Martin1, Khalil Salman1, Richard A. Jones2, J Damien Grattan-Smith2, Marijn Brumner

1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2238.    Rationale and Validation of a 3-Compartment Kinetic Model for Determining
                                Glomerular Filtration on Gadolinium Enhanced MR Imaging of the Kidney

John Votaw1, Puneet Sharma1, Khalil Salman1, Richard Jones2, Diego Martin1

1Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Children's healthcare of  Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

 

 

 

                  2239.    Comparison of Two Methods to Determine Single Kidney GFR from MR Renography:
                                 A Multicompartmental Model and Patlak-Rutland Analysis

 

Louisa Bokacheva1, Ambrose Huang1, Henry Rusinek1, Manmeen Kaur1, Qun Chen1, Elissa Kramer1,

Edward Leonard2, Vivian S. Lee1

1New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA; 2Columbia University, New York, USA

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                  2240.    Comparison of a Rutland-Patlak Plot and a Compartmental Analysis for the Assessment
                                of Single-Kidney Glomerular Filtration Rate

David L. Buckley1, Ala'a E. Shurrab2, Philip A. Kalra2

1University of Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK; 2Hope Hospital, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

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                  2241.    Effect of Diabetes on the Renal Medullary Oxygenation in Rats: An Early Time Course Study

Elisabete Santos1, Lu-Ping Li1, Lin Ji1, Pottumarthi V. Prasad1

1Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, USAText Box:  

 

                  2242.    Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measurement of Renal Blood Flow Determined on First Pass
                                Gadolinium-Chelate Perfusion

Khalil N. Salman1, Puneet Sharma1, Richard Jones2, John Votaw1, Diego Martin1

1Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 2Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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                  2243.    Dynamic Measurement of Renal Perfusion Using CASL: A Tool to Evaluate the Effects of
                                Antihypertensive Agents in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Denise Welsh1, Alexandre Coimbra1, Paul J. McCracken1, Jacquelynn Cook1, Richard Hargreaves1,

Magdalena Alonso-Galicia1, Donald S. Williams1

1Merck & Co.,Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA

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                  2244.    An Iterative Convolution Approach for the Non-Invasive Assessment of Cortical Perfusion in
                                Renal Transplant Using DSC MRI

Ryan C. Lipscomb1, Elizabeth A. Sadowski1, Arjang Djamali2, Bryan N. Becker2, Thomas M. Grist1, Sean B. Fain1

1University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; 2University of Wisconsin, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, USA

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                  2245.    Conversion of the MR Signal Intensity to Gd-DTPA Concentration in Contrast-Enhanced
                                MR Renography

Louisa Bokacheva1, Keyma Prince1, Henry Rusinek1, Niels Oesingmann2, Qun Chen1, Manmeen Kaur1,

Ambrose Huang1, Vivian S. Lee1

1NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA; 2Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., New York, USA

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                  2246.    Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Prostate: A Primary Study

Guo Xuemei1, Wang Xiaoying1, Li Feiyu1, Jiang Xuexiang1

1First Hospital, PeKing University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2247.    Primary Study of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
                                Recurrence After Endocrinotherapy

Feiyu Li1, Xiaoying Wang1, Yufeng Xu1, Jiangxi Xiao1, Xuexiang Jiang1

1Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2248.    ADC of Prostate Tissue In Vivo  at 3T

Roger Bourne1, Peter Stanwell1, Saadallah Ramadan1, Phillip Katelaris1, Carolyn Mountford1

1Institute for Magnetic Resonance Research, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaText Box:  

 

                  2249.    The Effect of Different B-Values on the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Prostate
                                Cancerous and Non-Cancerous Regions

Feiyu Li1, Xiaoying Wang1, Yufeng Xu1, Jiangxi Xiao1, Xuexiang Jiang1

1Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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                  2250.    Effect of Diffusion Weighted Imaging for Detection of Prostate Cancer-Comparison
                                Between Tissue Types-

Tamami Namiki1, Yoshihisa Namiki1, Ken Koyama1, Hiroshi Tanaka2, Junta Harada1, Kunihiko Fukuda2,

Mituhiro Ohmura1, Kouichi Kishimoto1

1Jikei Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; 2Jikei University School of Medicine, Nishi-Shinbashi, Tokyo, Japan

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                  2251.    Influence of Local Environment and Differentiation on Experimental Prostate Cancers
                                on Tumor Metabolism and Vascularisation

Christian M. Zechmann1, Eva C. Woenne1, Gunnar Brix2, Nicole Radzwill3, Martin Ilg3, Peter Bachert1,

Peter Peschke1, Stefan Kirsch1, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor1, Stefan Delorme1, Fabian Kiessling1

1DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany; 2Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Neuherberg, Germany;
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Bruker Biospin, Ettlingen, GermanyText Box:  

 

                  2252.    Design of an Anatomically and Physiologically Realistic Prostate Phantom

Rolf F. Schulte1, Mika W. Vogel1, Timo Schirmer2, Harry Schilling3, Adriane Groeger1, Patrick Gross1

1GE Global Research, Munich, Germany; 2Applied Science Laboratory, Hallbergmoos, Germany;
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Schleifring und Apparatebau GmbH, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany