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| Thursday 13th September 2001 | ||
| 08.45 - 09.15 | Coffee | |
| 09.15 - 09.30 | Opening of the meeting and introduction on behalf of the University of Cambridge | Dr David Lomas |
| 09.30 - 10.30 | Bill Moore Lecture: Studying Cancer with MRS & MRI | Prof John Griffiths |
| 00.00p-p00.XI00 | ||
| Session 1 10.30 - 12.30 | ||
| Oncology and Spectroscopy | Chair: Dr Kevin Brindle |
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| 10.30 - 10.50 | Invited Speaker : MR screening in breast cancer | Professor Martin Leach |
| 10.50 - 11.10 | Invited Speaker : DNA replication and its exploitation for cancer diagnosis and screening | Professor Ron Laskey |
| 11.10 - 11.25 | In Vitro MRS investigation of phosphocholine metabolism in ras transformed NIH3T3 fibroblasts | Mounia Beloueche |
| 11.25 - 11.40 | Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Investigation of Alzheimer's Dementia: a real clinical application at last? | Adam Waldman |
| 11.40 - 11.55 | In vivo MR studies in a transgenic mouse model of Huntingdon's disease | RA Page |
| 11.55 - 12.10 | Neurochemical surrogate markers of brain tissue compromise: An in vitro MRS and HPLC study of perfused cortical brain slices |
Robert C Tasker |
| 12.10 - 12.25 | Comparison of polarization transfer schemes for application to P MRS studies | L Mancini |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | LUNCH | |
| Session 2 13.30 - 15.30 | ||
| Cardiovascular | Chair: TBA | |
| 13.30 - 13.50 | Invited Speaker: Thrombus Imaging | Dr Alan Moody |
| 13.50 - 14.10 | Invited Speaker: MRA | Mr Martin Graves |
| 14.10 - 14.25 | High-resolution MR of carotid atheroma: a non-invasive tool for assessing plaque morphology and potential risk? | Jonathan H Gillard |
| 14.25 - 14.40 | Temporally resolved 3D Phase-Contrast for the study of Wall Shear Stresses in the carotid artery | I Marshall |
| 14.40 - 14.55 | A Model for Flow Quantification using Echo Planar Imaging (Spin Echo) in Simple and Complex Flow Regimes | TA Sucharov |
| 14.55 - 15.10 | The assessment of fetal and maternal blood flow to the placenta using FAIR EP1 | B.Jackson |
| 15.10 - 15.25 | Fast T1 Measurement for Quantitative Cardiac Perfusion Applications | DM Higgins |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | COFFEE | |
| Session 3: 16.00 - 18.00 | ||
| Image Processing | Chair: TBA | |
| 16.00 - 16.20 | Invited Speaker: Brain connectivity mapping using DTI | Dr Geoff Parker |
| 16.20 - 16.40 | Invited Speaker: CV Analysis | Dr Guang Yang |
| 16.40 - 16.55 | pq diagrams: A new method for tissue characterisation of magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data | Alonso Pena |
| 16.55 - 17.10 | Optimal combination of signals from array coils using image based estimation of coil sensitivity | M.Bydder |
| 17.10 - 17.25 | K-Space Motion Artefact Detection and Correction | David Atkinson |
| 17.25 - 17.40 | Reconstruction after irregular and under sampling due to rotational motion | David Atkinson |
| 17.40 - 17.55 | Is quantification of bolus tracking MRI reliable without deconvolution? | J. Perthen |
| 19.30 | DRINKS RECEPTION | |
| 20.00 | CONFERENCE DINNER | |
| Friday 14th September 2001. | ||||
| Session 4a |
Session 4b |
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| fMRI | Chair: Professor E Bullmore | MSK | Chair: Professor A K Dixon | |
| 09.00 - 09.20 | Invited Speaker: fMRI of the human visual system | Dr Krish Singh | Invited Speaker: New methods in MSK MR | Prof Graham Bydder |
| 09.20 - 09.40 | Invited Speaker: Towards quantitation in fMRI | Dr Peter Jezzard | Invited Speaker: Investigating arthritis with MRI | Dr John Waterton |
| 09.40 - 09.55 | Towards the Direct Detection of Neuronal Activity the Brain |
D.Konn | A Novel RF Coil configuration for in-vitro imaging of arthritic rabbit knees |
Dr A Tasos |
| 09.55 - 10.10 | Which aspect of fMRI BOLD signals best reflects the
underlying electrophysiology in human somatosensory cortex? |
OJ Arthurs | MR imaging of the wrist:effect on clinical diagnosis and patient | Prof A Dixon |
| 10.10 - 10.25 | A Direct Cortical Stimulation Model for rodent fMRI | V. Austin | Three dimensional MRI of osteoarthritic equine carpal joints |
Dr A Tasos |
| 10.25 - 10.40 | Pharmacological fMRI: identifying drug-induced modulation of pain-related brain activity using a pharmacokinetic model | Richard Wise | Muscle oxygenation and ATP turnover studied by P MRS and NIRS |
GJ Kemp |
| 10.40 - 10.55 | 5-HT Modulation of Behavioural inhibition and Localised Brain Activation.
A functional and Pharmacological MRI study |
L.Clarke | Non invasive punch biopsy of human knee articular cartilage | Dr Jo Burge |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | COFFEE | |||
| Session 5: 11.30 - 12.30 | ||
| How I do it | Chair: Dr D J Lomas | |
| 11.30 - 11.50 | Invited Speaker: Design and test new pulse sequences | Dr Gareth Baker |
| 11.50 - 12.10 | Invited Speaker: Build you own MRI system | Prof. Martyn Paley |
| 12.10 - 12.30 | Invited Speaker: Build an MR coil | Dr Paul Glover |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | LUNCH | |
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| 15.30 - 16.00 | COFFEE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Session 7 16.00 - 18.00 | ||
| XXXXXXXX | Perfusion/Diffusion | Chair: Dr J Gillard |
| 16.00 - 16.20 | Invited Speaker: Principles of Perfusion and Diffusion | Prof Mike Peters |
| 16.20 - 16.40 | Invited Speaker: Perfusion and Diffusion applications in the brain | Dr Fernando Calamante |
| 16.40 - 16.55 | Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Brain Tumours at 3 Tesla: A Potential Tool for Differentiating High Grade Gliomas from Low Grade Tumours and Metastases? | Stephen J Price |
| 16.55 - 17.10 | Abnormal cerebral blood volume in regions of contused and normal appearing brain following traumatic brain injury using perfusion magnetic resonance imaging | Matthew R Garnett |
| 17.10 - 17.25 | MRI Correlates of Injury After Cortical Contusion | M F Lythgoe |
| 17.25 - 17.40 | Characterisation of a Delayed Type Hypersensitivity Lesion in the Rat Brain Using MRI | Kerry Anne Broom |
| 17.40 - 17.55 | A novel reversible, remote-controlled three vessel occlusion in the Sprague Dawley rat - for NMR studies | DA West |
| CLOSE | ||
| POSTERS | |
| MR Perfusion imaging in moyamoya syndrome Potential implications for clinical evaluation of occlusive cerebrovascular disease | F.Calamante |
| MRI measurement of the pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics of remifentanil | Richard Wise |
| Stereotactic MR Imaging for planning neural transplantation. A reliable Localising technique at 3T? | Tim Donovan |
| Mohr circles: a new visualisation method for magnetic resonance diffusionTensor imaging data | Alonso Pena |
| A functional magnetic resonance imaging battery for preoperative mapping of Motor, motor planning and language function in the cortex | S. Gustard |
| Fast Two-dimensional MR Imaging by Multiple Acquisition with Micro B0Array (MAMBA) | K J Lee |
| Signal to Noise Ratio and Echo Spacing in Echo Planar Imaging | Ioannis Delakis |
| Enhanced sensitivity of diffusion tensor imaging in acute stroke using pq diagrams: a new methodology to improve tissue characterisation | Hadrian AL Green |
| Contrast Based Perfusion Imaging in Pathological Tissue: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study | Andrew M Blamire |
| Long Term QA of proton chemical shift imaging (CSI) | Ian Marshall |
| Reproducibility of short echo MR spectroscopy in vitro | E A Moore |
| Harmonic Phase (HARP) Analysis of Geometric Distortions | R S Nicholas |