First Author Index for 2016
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Poster #
Alibaba, Sapiah
Assessing Effect of Scanner Sequence and System Hardware on Freesurfer Volumetric ResultAssessing Effect of Scanner Sequence and System Hardware on Freesurfer Volumetric Result		 8
Arm, Jameen – 2nd Place Research Focus Proffered Paper Award
Audio-Visual (AV) Biofeedback Guided Breath Hold MRI Improves Lung Tumour Inter-Fraction Position Reproducibility		 Oral
Armstrong, Jordyn
Overview of Congenital Brain Defects and the Benefits of Diagnostic Imaging		 9
Au, Christopher
My Body is Fat!		 10
Batumalai, Vikneswary
 Assessment of MRI Sequences for Imaging Surgical Clips in Breast Radiotherapy Planning		 11
Bone, Sharita
PPMS and MRI: The Disease, Diagnosis, Research and Treatment		 12
Chai, Pik Hsien
 MR Imaging Of Clinically Suspected Acute Appendicitis During Pregnancy		 13
Epperson, Karla – 2016 President’s Award
Reproducibility Technique to Successfully Implement Magnetic Resonance Elastography of the Brain in Routine Clinical Protocol		 Oral
Epperson, Kevin
 Volumetric GagCEST Imaging of the Knee: Localized Center Frequency Adjustment at Ultra High Field and Comparison at 3T and 7T		 14
Haas, Tanja – 3rd Place Research Focus Proffered Paper Award
Pre-operative Planning of Breast Reconstruction with Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap: potential of non-contrast enhanced MRA		 Oral
Hansson, Boel - 3rd Place Research Poster Award
 Swedish National Survey on Health Effects on MR Personnel - Preliminary Result		 3
Hansson, Boel
 Short-Term Effects During Examination in an Actively Shielded 7T MR System		 15
Hjelm Hansen, Mette
 Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) is Superior to T2FLAIR in Detecting Acute and Subacute Subarachnoidal Hemorrhage		 16
Hughes, Maila
 The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy		 17
Ii, Tomoki
 Addition of DTI Tractography to fMRI for Hand Movement		 18
Jackson, Kimberly
What is Spatial Distortion and How Does it Affect Registration in PETMR?		 19
Jeong, JaeYun
 Evaluation of the Usefulness of SEMAC-STIR Technique to Reduce Metal Artifact in Fat-Suppressed T2 Weighted Image: Comparison with SPIR, mDIXON		 20
Johansson, Alexander
 Blood Flow Measurements with Phase Contrast MRI: Effects on Flow Curves with Changed Measurement Position		 21
Kanamoto, Masayuki
Evaluation of 3D-TOF-MRA of the Head Combined Usage with Parallel Imaging and Compressed Sensing on 3T MRI		 22
Kennedy, Ben – 2nd Place Clinical Focus Proffered Paper Award
Optimized Acquisition of Ultra-High Diffusion Weighted Imaging of the Prostate		 Oral
Kennedy, Ben - 1st Place Clinical Poster Award
 Optimization of Small Field of View Pelvic T2 Imaging Combining Motion Correction and SENSE 1		 4
Khine, Whitney
 Imaging of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Malformations at 1.5 Tesla MRI		 23
Kida, Katsuhiro
 Phantom Study of T1 mapping using Inversion Recovery Turbo Field Echo Sequence for Breast Tumor at 3.0 T		 24
Lai, Ting-Yu
Comparing Multi TI Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) with Dynamic Intravenous Gadolinium Perfusion in Paediatric Neuroimaging at 3T		 25
Leong, Suet Fen
 Safe Use of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices During MRI		 26
Liew, Su – 3rd Place Clinical Poster Award
 TWIST-VIBE - Time Resolved 3D T1 Volume with Dixon: Applications in Paediatric Abdominal Imaging		 6
Lim, Soo Lee – 3rd Place Clinical Focus Proffered Paper Award
MRI of Morton's Neuroma - Mulder's Compression Technique Adapted to MRI for Improved Lesion Conspicuity		 Oral
Low, Yi Xian
 Comparison of the Effect of Two Shim Protocols on fMRI Coregistration Quality		 27
Mansour, Omid
Improvement of Signal and Contrast of T2 Weighted Turbo Spin Echo Sequences by Applying Driven Equilibrium Pulse in the Knee MR Imaging on Open MRI		 28
Mansour, Omid
 Optimizing T1FFE3D Pulse Sequence for Evaluation of Knee Cartilage at Low Field MRI		 29
Manzie , Shaun
 Clinical PET/MRI Initial Experiences and Future Uses		 30
Matsuura, Ryutaro
 Combination of ECG Triggered and Navigator Echo Triggered for Sedated Infants		 31
Mitchell, Stephanie
The Effects of ADHD on the Brain: An MRI Perspective		 32
Mulcahy, Claire – 1st Place Research Poster Award
Improving Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) For Clinical Applications		 1
Nagahama, Hiroshi
 Three-Dimensional Kurtosis Contrast (3DKC)		 33
Negi, Pradeep
 Simultaneous PET MRI: A New Challenge from Physicist's Perspective		 34
Ng, Stevia – 2nd Place Research Poster Award
Optimization of BOundary NulleD (BOND) Imaging for Delineation of Tissue Boundaries and Segmentation at 3T		 2
Op't Hof, Ingrid
 Pediatric Neuroimaging Acquisition and Analysis Success Rates at Ages 5 and 7 Years		 35
Patterson, Ilse – 1st Place Clinical Focus Proffered Paper Award
The Utility of Interactive MRI for Fetal and Neonatal Imaging		 Oral
Reed, Tiffany
The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis, Treatment Staging, and Post Therapy Screening of Retinoblastoma Patients		 36
Samuels, Petronella
 Types of Late Gadolinium Enhancements in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy		 37
Segers, Karina
 Language Lateralization Using fMRI - Used for Epilepsy Patients Before Brain Surgery		 38
Seitel, Rebekah
 Effects of Chronic Alcoholism on the Frontal Lobe; Findings with MRI and Other Imaging Techniques		 39
Simonsen, Helle
 3T high Resolution MR Imaging - An Important Tool in the Diagnosis of Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia		 40
Simonsen, Helle
 Four Unexpected MRI Artifacts and Their Conclusions		 41
Southers, Barry
 Student Evaluation of a Hybrid Learning Approach in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Curriculum		 42
Strugnell, Wendy
 Exercise Rest-Stress Cardiac MRI Using Ultra-Fast Cine SSFP Imaging - Feasibility Data in Controls and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension		 43
Takashima, Hiroyuki
 MR Spectroscopy in the Paraspinal Muscles: Fat Content in Multifidus Muscle Increases in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain		 44
Tan, Ker Sin
 Can Non-Medical Alternatives be as Effective as Sedation or General Anaesthesia in Obtaining Diagnostic Quality Images for Paediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging? A Systematic Review		 45
Teh, Wai Niu Karen
How Useful is a Detailed MIT Driven Clinical Worksheet in Aiding Accurate Reporting of MSK MRI Examinations?		 46
Teo, Serena Shi Hui – 2nd Place Clinical Poster Award
 MRI Coronary Arteries for Children - The Radiographer’s Journal		 5
Wineland, Kelsey – JAK Poster Award
Comparison of Functional MRI Activation between Finger Tapping and Motor Imagery Finger Tapping		 7
Wohlfrom, Erica
 Alzheimer's Disease: Examining the Stages of the Disease, and Diagnosis		 47
Yang, Hou-Ting
 To Compare the Variation of Perfusion Parameters by using AIF of Aorta and Segmental Artery in Quantitative DCE-MRI		 48
Yang, Jun Seok – 1st Place Research Focus Proffered Paper Award
Correction of B0-Susceptibility Induced Distortion Using Paraffin in Brain Diffusion Weighted Imaging		 Oral
Yap, Tiang Siew
 Evaluating the Consistency of T1 and T2 Maps on Cardiac Imaging Across 3 Different 3T MRI Scanners		 49

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