| Quantitative
MR Imaging Hall C |
| Th 2132. MRI Measurement of Cell Volume Fraction in the Perfused Rat Hippocampal Slice, D.L. Buckley, J.D. Bui, M.I. Phillips and S.J. Blackband, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. |
| M 2133. Volumetric Analysis of Temporal Lobe Resections, N.F. Moran, L. Lemieux, N.D. Kitchen, D.R. Fish and S.D. Shorvon, National Society for Epilepsy, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, UK and University College London, UK. |
| T 2134. Automated Measurement of Regional Brain Volumes using a 3D Stereotactic Approach Based on the Talairach Grid, M. Quarantelli, E. Tedeschi, M. Larobina, A. Ciarmiello, A. Brunetti, B. Alfano and M. Salvatore, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy. |
| W 2135. In Vivo Quantitative Tissue Volume Fraction Analysis in the Brain using IR-SE-EPI, F.G.C. Hoogenraad, M.B.M. Hofman, P.J.W. Pouwels, M. Sprenger and E.M. Haacke, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO, USA. |
| Th 2136. Statistical Morphometrics Applied to Cerebral Cortical Shape, D.D. Maudgil, S.L. Free, L. Lemieux, P.O. Higgins, I. Dryden, N. Jones, D. Fish and S. Shorvon, National Society for Epilepsy, Chalfont St. Peter, UK; University College London, UK and University of Leeds, UK. |
| M 2137. Comparison of Tumor Volume Measurements and Partial Volume Effects, D.J. Peck, E.M. Spickler, D.D. Cody, L. Marian and E. Monsell, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA. |
| T 2138. A Non-Invasive MRI Measure of Subtle Longitudinal Volume Changes in Brain, W.E. Reddick, J.O. Glass and J.W. Langston, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. |
| W 2139. Fast Frequency Selective Keyhole MRI, J. Mediè, S. Tomaziè, I. Serša and F. Demsar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| Th 2140. Quantitative Experimental Validation of an Analytic Model for Intensity Non-uniformity in MRI, J.G. Sled and G.B. Pike, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada. |
| M 2141. Mapping of Static Magnetic Field Gradient at 4.7 T Using Spatial Phase Differences with Multi-Slice GESFID Sequence, J.M. Bonny, W. Laurent and J.P. Renou, INRA-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France. |
| T 2142. T1 Fast Acquisition Relaxation Mapping (T1 FARM): Optimized Data Acquisition, C.A. McKenzie, R.E. Thornhill, F.S. Prato and D.J. Drost, St. Joseph's Health Centre and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| W 2143. 3D T1 Mapping by Means of Fast Field Echo Technique, X. Zhu, K.L. Li, J.C. Waterton, J.J.L. Tessier, D. Checkley, A. Jones, I.D. Kamaly-Asl and A. Jackson, University of Manchester, UK; Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, UK; Christy Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK. |
| Th 2144. Accurate Multislice T1 Measurement in the Presence of Non-Ideal RF Pulse Profiles and RF Field Inhomogeneity, G.J.M. Parker, G.J. Barker and P.S. Tofts, University College London, London, UK. |
| M 2145. Accurate Calculation of T1 Relaxation Times from Multiple-Echo Sequences with Imperfect Pulses, P.B. Kingsley, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA and New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. |
| T 2146. Precision Improves with Decreasing Number of Inversion Times for T1 Measurements with the Modified Fast Inversion Recovery Method, R.J. Ogg and P.B. Kingsley, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA; North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USA and New York University Medical College, New York, NY, USA. |
| W 2147. Effect of Background Gradients on Apparent R2* Derived from 2D and 3D Multiple Gradient Echo Sequences, M.A. Fernández-Seara, H.K. Song and F.W. Wehrli, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| Th 2148. Biexponential T2 Analysis of Human Liver in the Fasted and Postparndial States: Potential for Monitoring Tissue Microcirculatory Changes, M.D. Noseworthy, J.K. Kim, J.A. Stainsby and G.A. Wright, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| M 2149. Quantitative MRI of Water and Fat Using a Quadruple-Field-Echo Sequence, W. Zhang, Toshiba America MRI, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA. |
| T 2150. Post-Acquisition Methods for Generating Water Fat Separated MR Images with Variable T2/T2* Contrasts, W. Zhang, Toshiba America MRI, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA. |
| W 2151. Absolute Quantitation of Skeletal Muscle Lipid Content with MRI, F.E. Boada, R. Ross, V.A. Stenger, D.C. Noll, B. Goodpaster and D. Kelley, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. |
| Th 2152. R2* Dependence on Structural Anisotropy in Trabecular Bone of the Radius, B.R. Gomberg, F.W. Wehrli, P.K. Saha, M. Takahashi and S.N. Hwang, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| M 2153. Can MR-Derived Topological Parameters Help Predict Osteoporotic Fractures, B.R. Gomberg, P.K. Saha, H.K. Song, S.N. Hwang and F.W. Wehrli, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| T 2154. Quantitative Analysis of Temporal Bone Geometry, R. Holtman, S.M. Lee, B.D. Clymer and P. Schmalbrock, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| W 2155. Quantitative Measurements of the Effect of Dissolved Oxygen on Gel Samples, as Used in MRI Radiation Dosimetry, S. Hepworth, M. Leach and S. Doran, University of Surrey, Guildford, England and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, England. |
| Th 2156. The Stability of Polyacrylamide Gels for MRI Measurements of Radiation Dosimetry, M. McJury, M. Oldham, P.S. Murphy, S. Webb and M.O. Leach, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK. |
| M 2157. Investigation of the Nature of Water in Hydrogels and in Fluff-Pulp with NMR, G.S. Pell, M. Landeryou, A. Cottenden and R.J. Ordidge, University College London, UK. |
| T 2158. Non-Invasive Measurement of the Arterial Input Function for Quantitative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging of Cancerous Lesions in the Rat, G.O. Cron, J.C. Wallace, T. Fortin, W.D. Stevens, B.A. Pappas, F. Kelcz and G.E. Santyr, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA and Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. |
| W 2159. Template Fitting: A Robust and Reliable Deconvolution Technique to Determine Pharmacokinetic Tumor Parameters, M. Pedevilla, R. Stollberger, P. Wach and F. Ebner, University of Graz and Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. |
| Th 2160. In Vitro Measurements of Drug Release Concentrations Using MR Imaging, N. Alikacem, T. Yoshizawa, C. Wilson and K. Nelson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA; University of Texas, Arlington, TX, USA and Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. |
| M 2161. Hybrid Relaxometric-Spectroscopy: A Novel Technique for Tissue Compartment Mapping, C.V. Bowen and B.K. Rutt, University of Western Ontario and John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| T 2162. Enhancement of BOLD-Contrast Sensitivity of fMRI by Single-Shot Spectroscopic Imaging, S. Posse, S. Wiese, D. Gembris, K. Mathiak, C. Kessler, M.L. Grosse-Ruyken, B. Elghawaghi, T. Richards, S.R. Dager and V.G. Kiselev, Research Center Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany; University of Düsseldorf, Germany and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. |
| W 2163. Contact Reference Method for Measuring Venous Blood Oxygenation with MR Phase Imaging, L. Li, Z.J. Wang and J.S. Leigh, University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| Th 2164. Pressure/Modulus Inversion for MR Elastography, J. Bishop, A. Samani and D.B. Plewes, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| M 2165. Multiplanar Combined Scalar and Vector Display for Diffusion Tensor Information, G.J.M. Parker, D.J. Werring, G.J. Barker and P.S. Tofts, University College London, UK. |
| T 2166. Fractal Analysis of Pulmonary Magnetic Resonance Angiograms, R.D. Adams, C.B. Paschal and K.A. Overholser, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. |
| W 2167. Visualization of In Vivo 3-D Thermal Mapping using MRI, A.M. Alyassin and H.E. Cline, General Electric Corporate Research & Development, Niskayuna, NY, USA. |