The
infraNET Project,
Lawson Health Research Institute and
Waterloo Institute for Health Informatics Research
present ...
Standardized
MR Imaging of the Brain:
A Global Approach to Study Disease
by
E. Mark
Haacke, Ph.D.
Director,
The MRI Institute for Biomedical Research, Detroit
Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility, Detroit
Professor, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering,
Wayne State University
Associate Chair, School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, Wayne State University
Wednesday,
September 24, 2008
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Davis Centre, Room 1302
University of Waterloo
Seminar Series Sponsors
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
McKesson Information Solutions
Healthcare Information Management and Communications Canada
Presentation
Archive 2008
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging is a wonderful tool for non-invasively
investigating the anatomy and function of the human body in vivo. In a
sense, with MRI We can listen to the music that our body plays while
we are getting scanned. In this presentation, we will give an
overview of how MRI works and some examples of MRI throughout the
body, but we will focus on imaging the brain. Specifically, we will
look at a new method called susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI). This
3D phase enhanced imaging method shows increased sensitivity in the
detection of venous blood and blood products, such as clots or
hemorrhages and iron in the form of ferritin. SWI has a variety of
clinical applications including: aging, multiple sclerosis, stroke,
trauma and tumors. We will also discuss the adoption of a standardized
SWI based neuroimaging protocol. This international project is being
run through NICE (Neurovascular Imaging Center of Excellence) and
offers those involved an opportunity to contribute to a disease
specific database. Sites so far are in China, India, United States and
hopefully soon in Canada. About
the Speaker
E. Mark Haacke, PhD, is a world renowned physicist and a pioneer
in MR angiography, fast imaging and cardiovascular imaging. He has
focused on unified scientific and educational efforts in the field
both from a research perspective (as the author of MRI: Physical
Principals and Sequence Design and an editor of the first text in MR
Angiography with Dr. James Potchen) and clinical applications
perspective (as the editor of Current Protocols in MRI). He is the Director
of the Imaging Program in the School for Biomedical Engineering, them Director
of the MRI Institute for Biomedical Research, the Director of the MR Research
Facility at Wayne State University, a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical
Engineering at Wayne State University and Adjunct Professor, Electrical
and Computer Engineering, McMaster University. Prof. Haacke was awarded
the Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
in 2004. Training people in the field is critical. Prof. Haacke has personally
trained over 50 students, post-docs, engineers, clinical fellows and research fellows.
For
more information
Shirley Fenton
Managing Director, WIHIR
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4074
Seminar Hosts
This seminar is hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Health
Informatics Research (WIHIR) and The infraNET Project, University of Waterloo.
The infraNET Project, initiated by the University of Waterloo in
1996, is a partnership to advance Web and Internet technologies. Its founding
partners were: LivePage (now part of Oracle), MKS, Open Text, RIM,
Sybase (Waterloo) and Waterloo Maple.
We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Institute for
Computer Research, University of Waterloo.
