ELECTRONIC POSTERS

MRS:  Quantitation

Hall 17          13:30 - 15:30

Time     Prog#      Computer#
 

13:30      3162         1                                      Magnetic field strength dependence of S-PRESS signal modulation in glutathione

Giulio Gambarota¹, Vladimír Mlynárik¹, Lijing Xin¹, Rolf Gru
¹Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

13:30      3163         2                                      Quantitative assessment of sensitivity enhancement in short echo time ¹H MRSI of the Human Brain at 3T using a spin locking pulse sequence

Jack van Asten¹, Jannie Wijnen¹, Dennis Klomp¹, Tom Scheenen¹, Arend Heerschap^1
1University Medical Center Nijmegen

13:30      3164         3                                      In vivo  1H  CSI in the abdomen  with Free-breath Prospective Acquisition Correction

Jian Xu¹, Nouha Salibi¹, Jan Ruff², Mark Brown¹, Alto Stemmer², Stefan Roell², Bernd Stoeckel¹, Bachir Taouli³, Kellyanne Mcgorty³, Vivian Lee^3
1Siemens Medical Solution USA Inc., ²Siemens Medical Solutions, ³NYU Medical School

13:30      3165         4                                      Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging in Border Zone of Gliomas: Correlation of Metabolic and Histological Changes at Low Tumor Infiltration

Andreas Stadlbauer¹, Christopher Nimsky¹, Katja Pinker², Stephan Gruber², Erich Salomonowitz³, Michael Buchfelder¹, Oliver Ganslandt^1
1University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, ²Medical University of Vienna, ³Landesklinikum St. Poelten

14:00      3166         1                                      Longitudinal Short Echo Time Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Biomarker in Patients with Inherited Prion Diseases

Harpreet Hyare¹, Durre Siddique¹, Tom Webb¹, Steve Wroe¹, John Collinge¹, John Thornton¹, Tarek Yousry^1
1Institute of Neurology

14:00      3167         2                                      Human Brain-Structure Resolved T2 Relaxation Times of Proton Metabolites at 3 Tesla

Wafaa Zaaraoui¹, Lazar Fleysher¹, Roman Fleysher¹, Songtao Liu¹, Brian Soher², Oded Gonen^1
1New York University School of Medicine, ²Duke University Medical Center

14:00      3168         3                                      Thalamic Metabolic Characterization of Human Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Ivan Kirov¹, Lazar Fleysher¹, Jonathan Silver², James Babb¹, Robert Grossman¹, Oded Gonen^1
1NYU SOM, ²Lenox Hill Hospital

14:00      3169         4                                      Proton MR spectroscopy of the hippocampus at 3 Tesla in patients with major depression under pharmacological treatment

Wolfgang Block¹, Frank Traeber¹, Okan Guer¹, Frank Jessen¹, Astrid Zobel¹, Hans Schild^1
1University of Bonn

14:30      3170         1                                      Influence of the background-handling strategy on the metabolite concentration estimates

Cristina Cudalbu¹, Sophie Cavassila¹, Herald Rabeson¹, Dirk van Ormondt², Danielle Graveron-Demilly^1
1CNRS UMR 5012, Laboratoire RMN-MIB,  ESCPE Lyon, ²Delft University of Technology

14:30      3171         2                                      The influence of RF inhomogeneity on the metabolite signals measured by volume pre-selected spectroscopic imaging sequences

Filip Jiru¹, Uwe Klose^2
1Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, ²University of Tuebingen

14:30      3172         3                                      New synthetic reference signal injection method for absolute quantitation of metabolite concentration

Donghoon Lee¹, Eric Shankland¹, Mark Mathis¹, Kenneth Marro¹, Catherine Amara¹, Cecil Hayes¹, Martin Kushmerick^1
1University of Washington

14:30      3173         4                                      Precision of metabolite concentrations obtained by LCModel as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio in rodent brain

Vladimir Mlynarik¹, Giulio Gambarota¹, Lijing Xin¹, Rolf Gruetter^1
1Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

15:00      3174         1                                      Quantitation and Classification of HR-MAS Brain Biopsy Tissue Spectra

Jean-Baptiste Poullet¹, Martin Wilson², Carmen Martinez-Bisbal³, Daniel Monleon³, Bernardo Celda³, Andrew Peet², Sabine Van Huffel^1
1KUL, ²Academic Department of Paediaetrics and Child Health, ³Universitat de València

15:00      3175         2                                      In-vivo proton HRMAS detects effects of trauma in Drosophila Melanogaster - not available

Dionyssios Mintzopoulos¹, Yiorgos Apidianakis¹, Michael Mindrinos², Ronald Tompkins¹, Laurence Rahme¹, A Tzika^1
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, ²Stanford University

15:00      3176         3                                      Contamination reduction in the reconstruction of SLIM (CORRECT-SLIM) and its application to quantitative cardiac 31P-CSI - not available

Andreas Weng¹, Meinrad Beer¹, Oliver Geier², Dietbert Hahn¹, Herbert Köstler^1
1Universität Würzburg, ²Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Univ. Hospitalet

15:00      3177         4                                      In vivo 1H MRS and ex vivo HR-MAS metabolic profile in diffuse liver pathologies - not available

Beatriz Martínez-Granados¹, Daniel Monleón¹, M Martínez-Bisbal¹, Jose Rodrigo², Juan Del Olmo², Paloma Lluch², Antonio Ferrández², Luis Martí-Bonmatí³, Bernardo Celda^1
1Universidad de Valencia, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidad de Valencia, ³Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset

fMRI:  Spatial, Temporal and Hemodynamic Characterization I

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3178         5                                      Effect of scanner signal drift on evaluation of baseline connectivity

Hu Cheng¹, Samantha Brandfon^1
1Indiana University

13:30      3179         6                                      Functional connectivity during the resting state in the default-mode network: A major role for the cerebellum?

Yazhuo Kong¹, Tirthankar Mukherjee¹, William JK  Deakin¹, Steve Williams^1
1University of Manchester

13:30      3180         7                                      Can connectivity information from DTI improve cortical parcellation for resting-state analyses?

Evelinda Baerends¹, Hubert Fonteijn², Elena Shumskaya², David Norris^2
1Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, ²F.C.Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

13:30      3181         8                                      Examination of frequency dependant signal fluctuations in resting state examinations measured with MR-Encephalography

Juergen Hennig¹, Kai Zhong¹, Thimo Grotz¹, Oliver Speck^1
1University Hospital Freiburg

13:30      3182         9                                      Noise Analysis of Accelerated 3D-EPI fMRI

Tram Nguyen¹, Ute Goerke², Kamil Ugurbil^2
1MPI for Biological Cybernetics, ²CMRR

13:30      3183         10                                    Denoising of Sub-Millimeter Event-Related fMRI at 3T for Robust Detection of BOLD Contrast

Ian Atkinson¹, Ajay Nemani¹, Theodore Claiborne¹, Farzad Kamalabadi², Douglas Jones², Keith Thulborn^1
1University of Illinois at Chicago, ²University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

13:30      3184         11                                    Multivariate Granger Causality Analysis of Brain Networks

Gopikrishna Deshpande¹, Stephen LaConte¹, Scott Peltier¹, George James¹, Xiaoping Hu^1
1Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

13:30      3185         12                                    Time course analysis of paediatric fMRI data with ICA

M. Alex Dresner¹, Ramsey Raafat¹, Latha Srinivasan¹, Serena Counsell¹, David Edwards^1
1Imperial College London

14:00      3186         5                                      Spatio-temporal fuzzy clustering of fMRI timeseries

Alain Smolders¹, Giancarlo Valente², Federico De Martino², Noël Staeren², Paul Scheunders¹, Jan Sijbers¹, Rainer Goebel², Elia Formisano^2
1University of Antwerp, ²University of Maastricht

14:00      3187         6                                      Basis Selection for Wavelet Processing of fMRI Data

Ian Atkinson¹, Farzad Kamalabadi¹, Douglas Jones¹, Keith Thulborn^2
1University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ²University of Illinois at Chicago

14:00      3188         7                                      Rapid simultaneous measurement of stimulus related signal changes in visual and motor cortex with MR-encephalography

Juergen Hennig¹, Thimo Grotz¹, Oliver Speck¹, Kai Zhong^1
1University Hospital Freiburg

14:00      3189         8                                      The Respiration Response Function:  modeling the temporal dynamics of respiration-volume induced changes in the brain

Rasmus Birn¹, Tyler Jones¹, Monica Smith¹, Peter Bandettini^1
1National Institute of Mental Health

14:00      3190         9                                      Investigating water exchange across the BBB as a mechanism for the slow time constant of blood volume

Francisca Leite¹, Joseph Mandeville^1
1Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

14:00      3191         10                                    Dynamics of the Blood Oxygenation Response: Tissue CMR_O2 Contributions and Impact for Functional MRI

Alberto Vazquez¹, Vikas Gulani², Luis Hernandez-Garcia³, Douglas Noll^3
1University of Pittsburgh, ²Case Western Reserve University, ³University of Michigan

14:00      3192         11                                    Linearity of the BOLD response: A comparison between fMRI and MEG

Claire Stevenson¹, Matthew Brookes¹, Gareth Barnes², Arjan Hillebrand², Susan Francis¹, Peter Morris^1
1The University of Nottingham, ²Aston University

14:00      3193         12                                    Hemodynamic Responses to Transient Brain Deactivations: Modifications to the Balloon Model to Account for Non-linear Effects

Lin Tang¹, Malcolm Avison¹, John Gore^1
1Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

14:30      3194         5                                      Probing Fast Neuronal Interaction Based on Fundamental Hemodynamic Signals

Nanyin Zhang¹, Zhongming Liu¹, Bin He¹, Wei Chen^1
1University of Minnesota

14:30      3195         6                                      Realistic Simulations of Neuronal Activity: Contribution to the Debate on Direct Detection of Neuronal-Currents by MRI

Antonino Cassarà¹, Gisela Hagberg², Marta Bianciardi³, Michele Migliore⁴, Bruno Maraviglia^1
1University "La Sapienza", ²Fondazione Santa Lucia,I.R.C.C.S., ³Fondazione Santa Lucia,I.R.C.C.S, ⁴CNR

14:30      3196         7                                      Neuromagnetic correlates of the 7T BOLD Response in Visual Cortex

Matthew Brookes¹, Claire Stevenson¹, Arjan Hillebrand², Gareth Barnes², Jonathan Peirce¹, Peter Morris^1
1University of Nottingham, ²Aston University

14:30      3197         8                                      Phase fMRI at 7 Tesla

Kai Zhong¹, Jochen Leupold¹, Joerg Stadler², Claus Tempelmann³, Oliver Speck^1
1University Hospital Freiburg, ²Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, ³Otto-von-Guericke University

14:30      3198         9                                      Constant Phase Statistical Method Better Localizes Activations than Phase Regressor Statistical Method

Andrew Nencka¹, Daniel Rowe^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

14:30      3199         10                                    Oxygenation and hematocrit dependence of blood T2 and T2* at 3T

Jason Zhao¹, Chekesha Clingman¹, Johanna Narvainen², Risto Kauppinen³, Peter van Zijl^1
1Johns Hopkins University, ²University of Kuopio, ³University of Birmingham

14:30      3200         11                                    Wavelet-based filtering of arterial spin labeling (ASL) fMRI data using a Wiener-like filter - not available

Adnan Bibic¹, Linda Knutsson², Ronnie Wirestam¹, Peter Mannfolk¹, Johan Olsrud², Karin Markenroth³, Freddy Ståhlberg^1
1Lund University, ²MR Division Lund University Hospital, ³Philips Medical Systems

14:30      3201         12                                    Spinal cord fMRI: functional response and linear model assessment -
not available

Giovanni Giulietti¹, Federico Giove¹, Girolamo Garreffa¹, Eugenio Venditti², Claudio Colonnese², Bruno Maraviglia^1
1MARBILab "Enrico Fermi" Center, ²IRCCS "NEUROMED"

15:00      3202         5                                      The Effect of Age on the SNR of CBF and BOLD Measures of Functional Activity

Khaled Restom¹, Katherine Bangen², Mark Bondi², Thomas Liu^1
1UCSD Center for fMRI, ²UCSD Dept. of Psychiatry

15:00      3203         6                                      Tracking trial to trial changes in brain activity related to cognitive automatization

Johan Jansma¹, Jacco de Zwart¹, Jeff Duyn^1
1NIH

15:00      3204         7                                      Relationship of BOLD response in SI of primate cortex to intensity of tactile stimulation

Na Zhang¹, Limin Chen¹, Tiffanie Markus¹, Richard Baheza¹, Anna Roe², John Gore¹, Malcolm Avison^1
1Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, ²Vanderbilt University

15:00      3205         8                                      Group Analysis of ASL Perfusion fMRI Data based on Permutation Testing in individual subjects

Ze Wang¹, Jiongjiong Wang¹, John Detre^1
1University of Pennsylvania

15:00      3206         9                                      Assessment of Respiration- and Cardiac-Related Flow Patterns of Cerebro-Spinal Fluid Using Balanced Steady-State Free Precession and Breathing-ECG Synchronization

Francesco Santini¹, Klaus Scheffler^1
1University of Basel

15:00      3207         10                                    Physiological modulations in arterial spin labeling

Wen-Chau Wu¹, Brian Edlow¹, Jiongjiong Wang², John Detre^2
1University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, ²University of Pennsylvania

15:00      3208         11                                    ALTERED FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITIES IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: AN FMRI AND MR TRACTOGRAPHY STUDY AT 3 T

Elisabetta Pagani¹, Maria Rocca¹, Paola Valsasina¹, Andrea Falini¹, Giuseppe Scotti¹, Giancarlo Comi¹, Massimo Filippi^1
1Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele

15:00      3209         12                                    True Intraoperative Functional MRI: A Feasible Technology for Intraoperative Brain-Mapping

Thomas Gasser¹, Norihiko Ozawa², Hiroshi Iseki², Christopher Nimsky^3
1University of Frankfurt, ²Tokyo Women’s Medical University, ³University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
 

fMRI:  Spatial, Temporal and Hemodynamic Characterisation II

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3210         13                                    Mapping functional brain plasticity following spinal cord injury in rats: A combined fMRI and MEMRI study

Esther Sydekum¹, Arko Ghosh¹, Christof Baltes¹, Thomas Mueggler¹, Martin Schwab¹, Markus Rudin^1
1University & ETH Zurich

13:30      3211         14                                    Early life stress leads to depressive like symptoms and a reduced response to a 5-HT 1A receptor agonist as revealed by pharmacological fMRI in adult mice

Florence Razoux*¹, Holger Russig*¹, Thomas Mueggler¹, Tamara Franklin¹, Isabelle Mansuy¹, Markus Rudin^1
1University & ETH Zurich

13:30      3212         15                                    Effects of Anesthesia on Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Rat Brain - not available

Hanbing Lu¹, Hong Gu¹, Yantao Zuo¹, Clara Scholl¹, Elliot Stein¹, Yihong Yang^1
1National Institute on Drug Abuse

13:30      3213         16                                    SUSCEPTIBILITY MATCHING THE HEAD FIXING IMPLANT FOR ALERT ANIMAL HIGH FIELD fMRI.

Shawn Wagner¹, Igor Kagan¹, Axel Lindner¹, Asha Iyer¹, Richard Andersen¹, Scott Fraser^1
1California Institute of Technology

13:30      3214         17                                    Detecting responses to single light flashes in the rodent brain using laser doppler and fMRI at 9.4T

Marie Schulte¹, Christopher Pawela¹, Younghoon Cho¹, Rupeng Li¹, Anthony Hudetz¹, James Hyde^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

13:30      3215         18                                    Mapping single digit cortical representation in the rat using systematic nerve transection and fMRI at 9.4T

Christopher Pawela¹, Younghoon Cho¹, Rupeng Li¹, Ji-Geng Yan¹, Safwan Jaradeh¹, Hani Matloub¹, James Hyde^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

13:30      3216         19                                    Comparing rodent forepaw stimulation under two levels of Domitor anesthesia using laser doppler and fMRI at 9.4T

Christopher Pawela¹, Marie Schulte¹, Younghoon Cho¹, Rupeng Li¹, Anthony Hudetz¹, James Hyde^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

13:30      3217         20                                    Cortical brain mapping of the rat forelimb using  fMRI at 9.4T by direct nerve stimulation

Younghoon Cho¹, Christopher Pawela¹, Rupeng Li¹, Marie Schulte¹, Ji-Geng Yan¹, Safwan Jaradeh¹, Hani Matloub¹, James Hyde^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

14:00      3218         13                                    Dorsal striatum activity is correlated with learning efficacy of subjects performing an instrumental conditioning task

Tom Schonberg¹, Nathaniel Daw², Daphna Joel¹, John O'Doherty^3
1Tel Aviv University, ²University College London, ³Caltech

14:00      3219         14                                    THE EFFECT OF TRAINING IN LEFT HAND MIRROR WRITING ON BRAIN ACTIVATION - A SIMULTANEOUS  fMRI AND KINEMATICS STUDY

David Manor¹, Yossi Arzouan¹, Avi Karni¹, Eli Konen¹, Tammar Kushnir^1
1The Chaim Sheba Medical Center

14:00      3220         15                                    The Bold Signal Response Differences Between Encoding and Recognition Memory of Face-Name Associations

Melissa Robinson¹, Jianli Wang¹, Paul Eslinger¹, Mark Meadowcroft¹, Xavier Golay², Qing Yang^1
1Penn State College of Medicine, ²National Neuroscience Institute

14:00      3221         16                                    Assessing Human Conceptual Representation with fMRI

Zhaohui Liu¹, W. Simmons², G. James¹, Xiaoping Hu¹, Lawrence Barsalou^1
1Emory University, ²NIMH / NIH

14:00      3222         17                                    Habituation and Dishabituation of the Auditory Cortex

Bettina Pfleiderer¹, Henner Vaut¹, Nikolaus Michael^1
1University Hospital Münster

14:00      3223         18                                    Functional Evaluation of Object Analysis in Children with Autistic Disorder

Krisztina Malisza¹, Deborah Shiloff², Cheryl Jones², Derek Foreman², Kristjan Paulson³, C.T. Yu⁴, Sally Longstaffe⁵, Albert Chudley^6
1Institute for Biodiagnostics-NRC, ²Institute for Biodiagnostics, ³University of Manitoba, ⁴St. Amant Centre, ⁵Health Sciences Centre, ⁶Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre

14:00      3224         19                                    Combine ASL Perfusion and BOLD fMRI for Imaging Risk in The Human Brain

Hengyi Rao¹, Marc Korczykowski¹, John Pluta¹, Maria Fernandez-Seara¹, John Detre^1
1University of Pennsylvania

14:00      3225         20                                    L-Tetrahydropalmatine administration induces region-specific BOLD responses in the mesocortical limbic network of the human brain -
not available

Li-ping Fu¹, Gao-hong Wu², Zhi-tong Zou³, De-jun Li³, Yong-cong Shao¹, Guo-hua Bi¹, Lin Ma³, Shi-jiang Li², Zheng Yang^1
1Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Science, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, ³General Hospital of People's Liberation Army of China

14:30      3226         13                                    Heroin Cue-Induced Neural Activation in Heroin Addicts: An fMRI Study
Jun Xie¹, Yongcong Shao³, Dejun Li², Chunming Xie³, Liping Fu³, Lin Ma², Guohua Bi³, Shijiang Li¹, Zheng Yang^3
1Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; ²General Hospital of People's Liberation Army of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; ³Beijing Basic Medicine Research Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

14:30      3227         14                                    IMPLICIT INTONATION MODULATION OF PRIMING IN AUDITORY RELATED  BRAIN AREAS -  AN fMRI STUDY

Michael Inspector¹, Avi Karni¹, Noam Amir², Tammar Kushnir³, David Manor^3
1Haifa University, ²Tel Aviv University, ³The Chaim Sheba Medical Center

14:30      3228         15                                    Ingestion versus infusion: contribution of preabsorptive mechanisms to the hypothalamic response to glucose

Paul Smeets¹, Solrun Vidarsdottir², Matthias van Osch², Cees de Graaf³, Annette Stafleu⁴, Max Viergever¹, Hanno Pijl², Jeroen van der Grond^2
1University Medical Center Utrecht, ²Leiden University Medical Center, ³Wageningen University, ⁴TNO Quality of Life

14:30      3229         16                                    BOLD correlates of human alpha and beta rythms: a simultaneous EEG-fMRI study

Cosimo Del Gratta¹, Mauro Perrucci¹, Antonio Ferretti¹, Claudio Babiloni², Gian Romani^1
1Gabriele D'Annunzio University, ²La Sapienza University of Rome

14:30      3230         17                                    The use of simultaenous EEG and fMRI to investigate the correlation of BOLD responses and the P300

Sally Eldeghaidy¹, Kay Head¹, Penny Gowland¹, Susan Francis^1
1University of Nottingham

14:30      3231         18                                    Event related fMRI of primary- and higher cognitive cerebral function using Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion

Andrea Federspiel¹, Thomas Dierks¹, Claus Kiefer¹, Hengyi Rao², Joing Wang^2
1University Hospital of Psychiatry, ²University of Pennsylvania

14:30      3232         19                                    Clinical Significance of Global versus Local fMRI Autocorrelation Estimation

Brian Lenoski¹, Lina Karam², Leslie Baxter¹, Josef Debbins^1
1Barrow Neurological Institute, ²Arizona State University

14:30      3233         20                                    Changes in CBVa and CBF haemodynamic response with stimulus duration of 4.8 and 9.6 s.

Roman Wesolowski¹, Ron Coxon¹, Alexander Gardener¹, Susan Francis¹, Penny Gowland^1
1University of Nottingham

15:00      3234         13                                    Default Brain Function in Young Adults Revealed by CASL Perfusion fMRI

Hengyi Rao¹, Jiongjiong Wang¹, Marc Korczykowski¹, Ze Wang¹, John Detre^1
1University of Pennsylvania

15:00      3235         14                                    Neuroanatomical correlates of visual field bias - not available

Christine Preibisch¹, Heinrich Lanfermann¹, Susanne Erk², Henrik Walter^2
1University Frankfurt, ²University Bonn

15:00      3236         15                                    fMRI at 7T: Whole Brain Coverage And Signal Advantages Even Infratentorially?

Elke Gizewski¹, Armin de Greiff¹, Susanne Ladd¹, Stefan Maderwald¹, Dagmar Timmann¹, Michael Forsting¹, Mark Ladd^1
1University Hospital

15:00      3237         16                                    Assessment of human brain temperature during brain activation and hypercapnia by ¹H MRS

Risto Kauppinen¹, Rishma Vidyasagar¹, Charmaine Childs², Timothy Rainey², George Balanos¹, Yrjo Hiltunen^3
1University of Birmingham, ²University of Manchester, ³University of Kuopio

15:00      3238         17                                    First results of real-time fMRI at 3T and 7T

Tobias Moench¹, Maurice Hollmann¹, Claus Tempelmann¹, Ralf Luetzkendorf¹, Sebastian Baecke¹, Johannes Bernarding^1
1University of Magdeburg

15:00      3239         18                                    Investigation of partial volume effects in fMRI using artificial 3D time series

Andreas Weibull¹, Helen Gustavsson², Sören Mattsson¹, Jonas Svensson^1
1Dept. of Medical Radiation Physics, ²Siemens Medical Solutions

15:00      3240         19                                    High Resolution fMRI in the Human Ventral Visual Pathway using a 32-channel Phased Array Receive Coil - not available

Christina Triantafyllou¹, Lawrence Wald², Mark Williams¹, Leila Reddy¹, Graham Wiggins², Bradford Dickerson², Nancy Kanwisher¹, Chris Baker^3
1MIT, ²MGH, ³NIH

15:00      3241         20                                    Improved sensitivity to BOLD contrast with multi-echo gradient echo imaging.

Andrew Lowe¹, Hazel Sloan¹, Nicola Sibson¹, Gareth Barker^2
1University of Oxford, ²Kings College London
 

Hardware for MRI

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3242         21                                    An Analytical Tool For Modeling High-Field RF Coils

Xin Chen¹, Timothy Eagan¹, Tanvir Baig¹, Robert Brown^1
1Case Western Reserve University

13:30      3243         22                                    Sphere model to study SENSE imaging performance - not available

Ricardo Hernández¹, Alfredo Rodriguez^1
1UAM Iztapalapa

13:30      3244         23                                    Magnetic field distribution and signal decay in fMRI using the dipole model and Monte Carlo diffusion modeling.

Bernd  Müller-Bierl¹, Kamil Uludag², Philippe Pereira¹, Fritz Schick^1
1University Clinic Tübingen, ²Max Planck Institute

13:30      3245         24                                    Conservative Electric Fields Can Dominate Sample Loss in High Field Microimaging

Bu Park¹, Andrew Webb¹, Michael Smith¹, Christopher Collins^1
1The Pennsylvania  State University

13:30      3246         25                                    Full-Wave Evaluations of Loading Factors of Small Animal RF Receive Coils

Shumin Wang¹, Stephen Dodd¹, Jeff Duyn^1
1LFMI/NINDS/NIH

13:30      3247         26                                    Dependence of Temperature Increase on Pulse Sequence with Equivalent Time-Average SAR

Zhangwei Wang¹, Michael Smith¹, Christopher Collins^1
1The Pennsylvania State University

13:30      3248         27                                    Novel Numerical Modelling of Lumped Circuit Elements in RF Coils for Identifying Resonant Frequencies

Viktor Vegh¹, Huawei Zhao¹, Ian Brereton¹, Graham Galloway^1
1University of Queensland

13:30      3249         28                                    Looking for T/R Coils with Long Field of View for 7T head Imaging -
not available

Zhiyong Zhai¹, Gordon DeMeester¹, Michael Morich^1
1Philips Medical Systems

13:30      3250         29                                    Numerical Simulation of Magnetic Fields and Spin Velocity for Unsaturated Ferrofluid Driven by External Static and Rotating Magnetic Fields

Pádraig Cantillon-Murphy¹, Elfar Adalsteinsson¹, Markus Zahn^1
1MIT

13:30      3251         30                                    Characterization of Transmission Line Coil Elements

Jinfeng Tian¹, Carl Snyder¹, Lance Delabarre¹, Can Akgun¹, John Strupp¹, Anand Gopinath¹, Thomas Vaughan^1
1University of Minnesota

13:30      3252         31                                    A Novel Power MOSFET Decoupling Technique for Parallel Transmit Arrays

WonJe Lee¹, Eddy Boskamp², Thomas Grist¹, Krishna Kurpad^1
1University of Wisconsin at Madison, ²GE Healthcare

13:30      3253         32                                    Multichannel High Power Single-Pole Double-Throw (SPDT) Microstrip T/R Switch for 470 MHz Arrays

Barbara Beck¹, Bing Li², Stuart Crozier^2
1University of Florida, ²University of Queensland

13:30      3254         33                                    A 3T Head Transmitter Integrated with 3D Parallel Imaging Capable 16-Channel Receive Array Coil

Hiroyuki Fujita¹, Tsinghua Zheng¹, Xiaoyu Yang^1
1Case Western Reserve University

13:30      3255         34                                    Distributed capacitance method in RF coils - the advantages and potential

Sunyu Su^1
1GEHC Coils

13:30      3256         35                                    A Six-Element Tranceive Surface Coil Array for Prostate MRI at 4.0 Tesla

James Near¹, Robert Bartha^1
1Robarts Research Institute

13:30      3257         36                                    A 16 Channel Transceive Surface Loop Array Coil for Parallel Imaging at 7T

Wanzhan Liu¹, Steen moeller¹, Ute Goerke¹, Gregor Adriany¹, Eddie Auerbach¹, Christopher Collins², Tommy Vaughan¹, Kamil Ugurbil^1
1University of Minnesota, ²Penn State University

14:00      3258         21                                    16-channel TORO Knee coil

Scott Schillak¹, Joshua Holwell¹, J Hadley², Dennis Parker², Kenneth Bradshaw^1
1MR Instruments, ²University of Utah

14:00      3259         22                                    An Improved Phased-Array Surface Coil for Carotid Vessel Wall Imaging

Joshua Scholnick¹, Vasily Yarnykh¹, Niranjan Balu¹, Fei Liu¹, Baocheng Chu¹, Chun Yuan¹, Cecil Hayes^1
1University of Washington

14:00      3260         23                                    Parallel Excitation on a 3T Human MRI Scanner using Current Source Amplifiers and Iterative RF Pulse Design

William Grissom¹, Krishna Kurpad², Hyokwon Nam³, Jeffrey Fessler¹, Steven Wright³, Douglas Noll^1
1University of Michigan, ²University of Wisconsin, ³Texas A&M University

14:00      3261         24                                    Transceive Field Probes for Magnetic Field Monitoring at 7T

Nicola De Zanche¹, Christoph Barmet¹, Klaas Pruessmann^1
1University and ETH Zurich

14:00      3262         25                                    Focused Parallel Imaging Array for Mouse Brain Imaging at 11.1T -
 not available

Barbara Beck¹, Samuel Grant^2
1University of Florida, ²Florida State University

14:00      3263         26                                    A 31-Channel Multi-Layer 3T Receive Head Array

Wolfgang Loew¹, Iris Metzner², Scott Lindsay³, LeRoy Blawat³, Florian Wiesinger¹, Eddy Boskamp³, Matthias Menzel¹, Mika Vogel¹, Rolf Schulte¹, Philippe Loiselle², Hartmut Koenig¹, Nils Krumme², Harry Schilling², Patrick Gross^1
1GE Global Research Europe, ²Schleifring und Apparatebau GmbH, ³GE Healthcare

14:00      3264         27                                    Tunable microstrip loop arrays for 3T and 7T MRI

Lucas Carvajal¹, Kostas Karpodinis¹, David Newitt¹, Daniel Vigneron^1
1University of California San Francisco

14:00      3265         28                                    An 8 Channel Geometry Optimized RF Coil Array for Imaging of Fish at 3T - not available

Larry May¹, Eric Wong¹, Lawrence Frank^1
1U.C.S.D.

14:00      3266         29                                    MRI Microcoil and Depth Electrode

Debra Strick¹, Mark Cohen¹, Jack Judy^1
1University of California, Los Angeles

14:00      3267         30                                    Benefits of cryogenic coils for routine in-vivo mouse brain imaging and spectroscopy at 9.4 T

Nicole Radzwill¹, Ralf Haueisen¹, Daniel Marek², Marco Sacher², Sven Junge^1
1Bruker BioSpin MRI GmbH, ²Bruker BioSpin AG

14:00      3268         31                                    A Self-Resonant Inductively Coupled Skin Chamber Coil for High Resolution MR Imaging in Small Animals - not available

Reiner Umathum¹, Eva Wönne¹, Fabian Kiessling¹, Wolfhard Semmler¹, Michael Bock^1
1German Cancer Research Center (dkfz)

14:00      3269         32                                    Dual tuned, 13C/23Na low pass birdcage coil

Ileana Hancu¹, Ronald Watkins¹, Susan Kohler², Richard Mallozzi^1
1GE Global Research Center, ²GE Healthcare

14:00      3270         33                                    A 19F/1H dual resonant 7T elliptic body coil that double tuned by ellipticity

Ray Lee¹, Cornel Stefanescu¹, Rong Xue¹, Ashish Shah¹, Leonard Liebes¹, Oded Gonen¹, Howard Hochster^1
1New York University Medical Center

14:00      3271         34                                    Performance of a 200 MHz cryogenic RF probe designed for small animal MRI/MRS

David Ratering¹, Christof Baltes¹, Jurek Massner¹, Daniel Marek², Markus Rudin^1
1University & ETH Zurich, ²Bruker BioSpin AG

14:00      3272         35                                    An easy-to-made double tuned 23Na / 1H, inductively driven, quadrature birdcage, for small animal MRI at 4.7 Tesla - not available

Joel Mispelter¹, Mihaela Lupu^1
1Institut Curie

14:00      3273         36                                    Power scavenging circuit for wireless DC power

Matthew Riffe¹, Jeremiah Heilman¹, Mark Griswold^1
1Case Western Reserve University

14:30      3274         21                                    The "rung pair" birdcage coil that has the transmission line resonance mode - not available

Hideta Habara¹, Hisaaki Ochi¹, Yoshihisa Soutome¹, Yoshitaka Bito^1
1Hitachi, Ltd.

14:30      3275         22                                    Improving High-Field Transmit B1 Field Homogeneity Using Coupled Inner Elements

Shumin Wang¹, Hellmut Merkle¹, Alan Koretsky¹, Jeff Duyn^1
1LFMI/NINDS/NIH

14:30      3276         23                                    Ring Structured RF Coils for Ultra-High Field MRI - not available

Zhiyong Zhai¹, Gordon DeMeester¹, Michael Morich^1
1Philips Medical Systems

14:30      3277         24                                    Simple and Robust Design for Susceptibility-Matched NMR Magnetic Field Monitoring Probes

Pekka Sipilä¹, Dirk Lange¹, Silke Lechner¹, Wolfgang Loew¹, Patrick Gross¹, Marko Baller¹, Gerhard Wachutka², Florian Wiesinger^1
1GE Global Research, ²Technical University of Munich

14:30      3278         25                                    An optimised dual-loop labeling coil for whole-brain perfusion studies

Stefan Hetzer¹, Toralf Mildner¹, Wolfgang Driesel¹, Harald Möller^1
1Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

14:30      3279         26                                    B1 Homogeneity of Re-entrant Cavity Resonator

Selaka Bulumulla¹, Ronald Watkins¹, John Schenck¹, Richard Mallozzi¹, Bruce Amm^1
1GE Global Research

14:30      3280         27                                    A Radiative Heater for Small Animal Coils to Prevent Hypothermia - not available

Matthias Korn¹, Reiner Umathum¹, Sven Müller¹, Wolfhard Semmler¹, Michael Bock^1
1German Cancer Research Center (dkfz)

14:30      3281         28                                    Design and Implementation of a Z0 Vibration Compensation Unit

Terence Nixon¹, Douglas Rothman¹, Scott McIntyre¹, Robin de Graaf^1
1MRRC, Yale University

14:30      3282         29                                    A biplanar shielded gradient coil design for hyperpolarized gas lung imaging in the standing position

Li Sze Chow¹, Kuan Lee¹, Jim Wild¹, Martyn Paley^1
1University of Sheffield

14:30      3283         30                                    Low Latency Interventional MRI Visualization using a GPU Cluster

Douglas Janes¹, Michael Schulte¹, Ethan Brodsky¹, Walter Block¹

¹University of Wisconsin-Madison

14:30      3284         31                                    First PET images using a prototype small animal field-cycled MRI/PET imaging system

Hao Peng¹, William Handler¹, Timothy Scholl¹, Peter Simpson¹, Blaine Chronik^1
1University of Western Ontario

14:30      3285         32                                    Initial Testing of a Two Region Gradient Coil - not available

K. Goodrich¹, J. Hadley¹, Timothy Scholl², Blaine Chronik², Josh de Bever², Dennis Parker^1
1University of Utah, ²University of Western Ontario

14:30      3286         33                                    Quantitative comparison of minimum inductance and minimum power algorithms for the design of small animal shim coils

Parisa Jamali¹, Blaine Chronik^1
1University of Western Ontario

14:30      3287         34                                    Gradient coil array for the super-parallel MRI: theory and design

Fumi Okada¹, Shinya Handa¹, Katsumi Kose^1
1University of Tsukuba

14:30      3288         35                                    3D-Gradient Coil Structures for Breast imaging using Fuzzy Membership Functions. Part II

Hector Sanchez-Lopez¹, Feng Liu¹, Ewald Weber¹, Stuart Crozier^1
1The University of Queensland

14:30      3289         36                                    Very Low Field 15 mT System for Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MRI

Xin Zhou¹, Jianbing Chen², Joey Mansour¹, Mitchell Albert^1
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, ²Massachusetts Institute of Technology

15:00      3290         21                                    Design and test of a magnet and gradient system for hyperpolarised gas lung MRI at ultra-low field

Pierre-Jean Nacher¹, Manon Pellissier¹, Geneviève Tastevin^1
1Ecole Normale Supérieure

15:00      3291         22                                    Ultimate spatial resolution accessible with a miniature HTS coil and a new-generation 1.5 T body scanner

Marie Poirier-Quinot¹, Olivier Girard¹, Elmar Laistler¹, Rose-Marie Dubuisson¹, Jean-Christophe Ginefri¹, Luc Darrasse^1
1U2R2M, UMR8081 Univ Paris-Sud/CNRS

15:00      3292         23                                    Measuring the System Noise Figure (Coil Inclusive) of an MRI System

Mirko Hrovat¹, Samuel Patz^2
1Mirtech, Inc., ²Brigham and Women's Hospital

15:00      3293         24                                    Modeling and evaluation of resistive magnet thermal performance in field-cycled MRI

Kyle Gilbert¹, William Handler¹, Timothy Scholl¹, Blaine Chronik^1
1The University of Western Ontario

15:00      3294         25                                    2D Single Echo Acquisition with an increased matrix size MAMBA array

Martyn Paley¹, James Wild¹, Kuan Lee^1
1University of Sheffield

15:00      3295         26                                    Z-gradient coil optimisation in presence of time-varying eddy currents

Adnan Trakic¹, Feng Liu¹, Hector Sanchez Lopez¹, Hua Wang¹, Stuart Crozier^1
1The University of Queensland

15:00      3296         27                                    Gradient Driver with Digital Control - not available

Juan Sabate¹, Paul Szczesny¹, Luis Garces¹, Wesley Skeffington², Jeffrey Fenstermaker², Bruce Collick^2
1General Electric, ²GE Healthcare

15:00      3297         28                                    Effect and Mitigation of a NIOBE Magnetic Navigation System on a Proximal MR Imager

Alastair Martin¹, Jim Wilson², Joel Kellogg³, Peter Werp², Ron Witschy⁴, Rogers Ritter^2
1University of California, ²Stereotaxis, ³ETS-Lindgren, ⁴Philips Medical Systems

15:00      3298         29                                    Construction and experimental evaluation of a planar gradient coil set for a compact permanent magnet

Shinya Handa¹, Katsumi Kose¹, Tomoyuki Haishi², Eiiji Sugiyama³, Masaaki Aoki^3
1University of Tsukuba, ²MRTechnology Inc., ³NEOMAX Co., Ltd.

15:00      3299         30                                    Low-frequency RF coil loading measurements to guide field-cycled MRI system design

Kyle Gilbert¹, Timothy Scholl¹, Blaine Chronik^1
1The University of Western Ontario

15:00      3300         31                                    Variable Field Strength MR System for Hyperpolarized Noble Gas Imaging of Rodent Lungs - not available

William Dominguez Viqueira¹, Matthew Fox¹, Juan Parra-Robles¹, William Handler², Blaine Chronik², Giles Santyr^1
1Robarts Research Institute, ²The University of Western Ontario

15:00      3301         32                                    Evaluation of Quality Assurance Using Daily MR Quality Image – Can We Measure Planned Maintenance?

Soren Haack^1
1Aarhus University Hospital

15:00      3302         33                                    An automated, web based MR quality control program in compliance with the American College of Radiology accreditation guidelines

Kiaran McGee¹, Joel Felmlee¹, Matthew Bernstein¹, Heidi Ward¹, Diana Lanners¹, Renee Jonsgaard¹, Teresa Peterson¹, Scott Stiving¹, Paul Boa^1
1Mayo Clinic

15:00      3303         34                                    Feedback Controllers for Suppression of Acoustic Noise Response of a 4T MRI Scanner

Jing-Huei Lee¹, Mingfeng Li¹, Brent Rudd¹, Teik Lim^1
1University of Cincinnati

15:00      3304         35                                    Minimize the power of Variable-Rate Gradient Pulse using Conjugated Gradient Algorithm

Yong Pang¹, Guang Liu², Juan Wei¹, Gary Shen^1
1University of Hong Kong, ²TianJin University

15:00      3305         36                                    Shim Requirements for High-Order Localised Shimming of the Human Brain

Christopher Evans¹, Peter Jezzard¹, Stuart Clare^1
1University of Oxford
 

fMRI:  Methods & Mechanisms

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3306         37                                    Phase information in transition-band SSFP fMRI (BOSS fMRI)

Jongho Lee¹, John Pauly^1
1Stanford University

13:30      3307         38                                    Optimisation of functional signal changes for SSFP

David Norris¹, Markus Barth^1
1FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

13:30      3308         39                                    Fast brain imaging with spin echo and spatio-temporal correlation (k-t) approaches for distortion-free fMRI

Jane Utting¹, Maral Tilbian¹, René Vohn¹, Ralph Schnitker¹, Marc Kouwenhoven², Thoralf Niendorf^1
1RWTH Aachen, ²Philips Medical Systems

13:30      3309         40                                    Self Calibrated Spiral-In/Out for fMRI

Christine Law¹, Chunlei Liu², Roland Bammer², Gary Glover^2
1Stanford University, ²Stanford

13:30      3310         41                                    Turbo-Segmented Z-Shim EPI for Reduced Susceptibility-Induced Effects and Improved Temporal Resolution in fMRI

Gaohong Wu¹, Shi-Jiang Li^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

13:30      3311         42                                    Signal dropouts in EPI caused by susceptibility-induced gradients in the readout direction: modeling and compensation - not available

Nikolaus Weiskopf¹, Chloe Hutton¹, Oliver Josephs¹, Robert Turner¹, Ralf Deichmann^1
1University College London

13:30      3312         43                                    Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Undersampled Projection-Reconstruction

Alan McMillan¹, M Meyerand^2
1University of Wisconsin - Madison, ²University of Wisconsin - Madison,

13:30      3313         44                                    Rapid 3D fMRI using an Echo-Volumar Imaging Trajectory

Martin Lindquist¹, Cun-Hui Zhang², Gary Glover³, Larry Shepp^2
1Columbia University, ²Rutgers University, ³Stanford University

14:00      3314         37                                    Automated slice-dependent z-shim for fMRI: user-independent reduction of BOLD sensitivity losses - not available

Nikolaus Weiskopf¹, Chloe Hutton¹, Ralf Deichmann^1
1University College London

14:00      3315         38                                    Smart Algorithm for the Acquisition of the Optimal Set of Projections for Functional MRI

giuseppe placidi¹, Danilo Franchi¹, Antonello Sotgiu^1
1University of L'Aquila

14:00      3316         39                                    Measuring Through Plane Strain in Brain Using Strain-Encoding (SENC) MRI

Tamer Yousef¹, Nael Osman^1
1Johns Hopkins University

14:00      3317         40                                    Functional MRI at 3T using spin echo and gradient echo intermolecular double quantum coherence acquisitions

Tianliang Gu¹, Scott Kennedy¹, Zhong Chen¹, Jianhui Zhong^1
1University of Rochester

14:00      3318         41                                    Functional CBV Contrast Revealed by Diffusion Weighted Stimulated-Echo Imaging

Todd Harshbarger¹, Allen Song^1
1Duke University

14:00      3319         42                                    Minimizing BOLD contamination in VASO fMRI with SE-EPI

Hendrikus Tijssen¹, Peter Jezzard², Daniel Bulte², Karla Miller^2
1Eindhoven University of Technology, ²Oxford University

14:00      3320         43                                    Spin Echoes Underestimate Functional Changes in Microvascular Cerebral Blood Volume

Joseph Mandeville¹, Christina Liu¹, John Marota^1
1Massachusetts General Hospital

14:00      3321         44                                    Frequency-dependent correlation between estimated LFPs and BOLD responses in human

Roberto Martuzzi¹, Micah Murray¹, Reto Meuli¹, Jean-Philippe Thiran², Philippe Maeder¹, Christoph Michel³, Rolando Grave de Peralta Menendez³, Sara Gonzalez Andino^3
1Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, ²Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ³University Hospital

14:30      3322         37                                    Exploring the feasibility of simultaneous EEG/fMRI at 7T

Karen Mullinger¹, Matthew Brookes¹, Claire Stevenson¹, Matthew Clemence², Paul Morgan¹, Charles Nockowski², Steve Profusz², Richard Bowtell^1
1University of Nottingham, ²Philips Medical Systems

14:30      3323         38                                    Development of a new fMRI compatible pneumatic vibrotactile stimulator

M. Chakravarty¹, Scott Broadbent¹, Pedro Rosa-Neto¹, D. Collins^1
1Montreal Neurological Institute

14:30      3324         39                                    Field Strength Dependence of BOLD Contrast in Motor Cortex

Wietske van der Zwaag¹, Susan Francis¹, Kay Head¹, Andy Peters¹, Penelope Gowland¹, Peter Morris¹, Richard Bowtell^1
1University of Nottingham

14:30      3325         40                                    Parallel imaging at 7T facilitates high-resolution whole-brain BOLD fMRI in humans. - not available

Hendrik Mandelkow¹, Michael Thompson², Klaas Pruessmann¹, Peter Boesiger^1
1University and ETH Zurich, ²Philips Medical Systems

14:30      3326         41                                    The Effective Connectivity between the MTL and PCC is Significantly Reduced in aMCI Subjects when Using Structural Equation Modeling - not available

Jun Xie¹, Guofan Xu¹, Shijiang Li^1
1Medical College of Wisconsin

14:30      3327         42                                    High Field fMRI of the Parahippocampal Region

Armin de Greiff¹, Elke Gizewski², Mark Ladd^1
1University Duisburg Essen, ²University Hospital Essen

14:30      3328         43                                    Investigation of a dual thresholding scheme in fMRI using ROC methods with real data

Rajesh Nandy^1
1UCLA

14:30      3329         44                                    MRI of cerebral vasoreactivity: stimuli and analyses comparisons

alexandre Krainik¹, Olivier David¹, Emilie Chipon¹, Irene Tropres¹, Monica Baciu², Jan Warnking¹, Chistoph Segebarth¹, Jean-Francois Le Bas^1
1CHU Grenoble, ²UPMF

15:00      3330         37                                    On-line brain mapping using fMRI and a Magnetic Resonance Compatible Hand-Induced Robotic Device (MR_CHIROD)

Dionyssios Mintzopoulos¹, Azadeh Khanicheh², Constantinos Mavroidis², Loukas Astrakas¹, David Zurakowski³, A. Tzika^1
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, ²Northeastern University, ³Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

15:00      3331         38                                    Optimized fMRI of Hand-Squeezing at 3T

Dionyssios Mintzopoulos¹, Loukas Astrakas¹, David Zurakowski², Graham Wiggins¹, Lawrence Wald¹, Bruce Rosen¹, A Tzika^1
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, ²Children's Hosptial, Harvard Medical School

15:00      3332         39                                    Cognitive Modules Utilized for Covert Verb Generation in Children:  A Functinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Prasanna Karunanayaka¹, Vincent Schmithorst¹, Scott Holland^1
1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

15:00      3333         40                                    Does diazepam influence the BOLD response?

Mattias Ragnehed¹, Maria Engström¹, Peter Lundberg^1
1Linköping University

15:00      3334         41                                    A feasibility study of fMRI and EEG activation with CHEPS (Contact Heat Evoked Potential Stimulator) - not available

Katherine Roberts¹, Anastasia Papadaki¹, Carla Gonçalves², Mary Tighe³, Duncan Atherton¹, Ravikiran Shenoy¹, Donald McRobbie¹, Praveen Anand^1
1Imperial College, ²Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, ³Brainvision UK

15:00      3335         42                                    fMRI of Acupuncture for Salivation

Bob Hou¹, Gary Deng¹, Kyung Peck¹, Dmitry Bogomolny¹, Andrei Holodny^1
1MSKCC

15:00      3336         43                                    Temporal-Spatial Analysis of Acupuncture Effect:A Functional Connectivity Study

Yi Zhang¹, Jie Tian², Wei Qin², Xiaohong Pan³, Jimin Liang¹, Lijun Bai^1
1XiDian University, ²Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ³Beijing Normal University

15:00      3337         44                                    Interhemispheric transmission in adults prenatally exposed to alcohol

Priya Santhanam¹, Xiaoping Hu¹, Zhihao Li¹, Scott Peltier¹, Mary Lynch², Claire Coles^2
1Emory University/ Georgia Institute of Technology, ²Emory University

Parallel Imaging and Transmission

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3338         45                                    A Novel Parallel Imaging Technique for Radial Acquisitions: Parallel Rotation Operator - not available

Junyu Guo¹, Hee Song^1
1University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

13:30      3339         46                                    Dynamic parallel MRI using the temporal GRAPPA-Operator (TGRAPPA-Operator) - not available

Martin Blaimer¹, Peter Kellman², Mark Griswold^1
1University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, ²National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

13:30      3340         47                                    Can relative coil-subject motion during acquisition improve Parallel Imaging?

Rita Nunes¹, Joseph Hajnal¹, David Atkinson², David Larkman^1
1Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, ²University College London

13:30      3341         48                                    A Reconstruction Algorithm of Parallel Imaging with High Reduction Factor in SPACE RIP - not available

Sungdae Yun¹, HyunWook Park^1
1Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology

14:00      3342         45                                    Improving Image Quality for Single Echo Acquisitions (SEA): Introducing two novel approaches - not available

Martin Blaimer¹, Jim Ji², Mary McDougall², Mark Griswold¹, Steve Wright^2
1University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, ²Texas A&M University

14:00      3343         46                                    A robust alternative to regularization in parallel imaging reconstruction

Christoph Barmet¹, Maximilian Haeberlin¹, Klaas Pruessmann^1
1University and ETH Zurich

14:00      3344         47                                    Inherent Smoothing in Accelerated Parallel Imaging Reconstruction Techniques

R. Waggoner¹, Mauro Costagli¹, Keiji Tanaka¹, Kang Cheng^1
1RIKEN-Brain Science Institute

14:30      3345         45                                    TWO DIMENSIONAL PARALLEL IMAGING ACCELERATION WITH AUTOCALIBRATING RECONSTRUCTION FOR CARTESIAN SAMPLING (ARC) IN CONTRAST ENHANCED MRA

Joshua Huff¹, Anja Brau², Reed Busse², Sanjay Joshi², Shaorong Chang², Charles Michelich², Ersin Bayram², Jean Brittain², Scott Reeder^1
1University of Wisconsin-Madison, ²GE Healthcare

14:30      3346         46                                    Ultimate Intrinsic SNR of Regularized Parallel Imaging and Inverse Imaging

Fa-Hsuan Lin¹, Riccardo Lattanzi², Aaron Grant², Daniel Sodickson^3
1Massachusetts General Hospital, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, ³Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center

14:30      3347         47                                    Calculation of SNR degradation with the consideration of reference data

Bida Zhang¹, Caixia Fu¹, Jing An¹, Qiang Zhang¹, Jianmin Wang^1
1Siemens Mindit Magnetic Resonance Ltd.

14:30      3348         48                                    Self-calibrating Cartesian Parallel MRI using Continuous Sampling Sequences

Martin Blaimer¹, Candice Bookwalter¹, Kestutis Barkauskas¹, Jeff Duerk¹, Mark Griswold^1
1University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University

15:00      3349         45                                    A Statistical Approach to Non-Cartesian SENSE Regularization

Bo Liu¹, Leslie Ying¹, Gaohong Wu², Jinhua Sheng¹, Shi-Jiang Li^2
1University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ²Medical College of Wisconsin

15:00      3350         46                                    SAR Analysis for Transmit SENSE at 7T with a Human Head Model

Xiaoping Wu¹, Can Akgun¹, J. Vaughan¹, Kamil Ugurbil¹, Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele^1
1University of Minnesota

15:00      3351         47                                    Slice Selective Parallel Excitation in the Presence of Off-Resonance

Martina Callaghan¹, David Herlihy¹, David Larkman¹, Joseph Hajnal^1
1Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London

15:00      3352         48                                    Evaluation of parallel transmit RF-shimming performance for 3 tesla whole-body imaging

Florian Wiesinger¹, Graeme McKinnon², Dirk Lange¹, Mika Vogel¹, Eddy Boskamp², LeRoy Blawat², Matthias Menzel¹, Wolfgang Loew¹, Hartmut Koenig¹, Yudong Zhu³, Patrick Gross^1
1GE Global Research Europe, ²GE Healthcare, ³GE Global Research
 

Rapid Acquisition

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3353         49                                    A Multi-echo Acquisition Method with Reduced Echo Spacing for Robust IDEAL Water-Fat Decomposition at 3T

Huanzhou Yu¹, Ann Shimakawa¹, Charles McKenzie², Anthony Vu¹, Anja Brau¹, Philip Beatty¹, Scott Reeder³, Jean Brittain^1
1GE Healthcare, ²Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, ³University of Wisconsin

13:30      3354         50                                    Fast Decomposition of Water and Lipid Using a GRASE Technique with the IDEAL Algorithm

Zhiqiang Li¹, Arthur Gmitro¹, Ali Bilgin¹, Maria Altbach^1
1University of Arizona

13:30      3355         51                                    Simulation of Relative Temporal Resolution of Time-Resolved MRA Sequences

Lauren Keith¹, Steve Kecskemeti¹, Julia Velikina¹, Charles Mistretta^1
1University of Wisconsin-Madison

13:30      3356         52                                    Fast Separation of Multiple Metabolites with Radial Undersampling - not available

John Perry¹, Charles Mistretta¹, Scott Reeder¹, Oliver Wieben^1
1University of Wisconsin - Madison

14:00      3357         49                                    Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced Imaging Using 3D HYPR VIPR Reconstruction with Adaptive Composite Window

Julia Velikina¹, Kevin Johnson¹, Charles Mistretta^1
1University of Wisconsin - Madison

14:00      3358         50                                    Multi-Echo IDEAL/T2*-IDEAL Liver Imaging: Simultaneous Assessment of Fatty Infiltration and Iron Overload in a Single Breath-hold

Huanzhou Yu¹, Scott Reeder², Ann Shimakawa¹, Charles McKenzie³, Anthony Vu¹, Anja Brau¹, Philip Beatty¹, Angel Pineda⁴, Jean Brittain^1
1GE Healthcare, ²University of Wisconsin, ³Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, ⁴Stanford University

14:00      3359         51                                    Accelerated Bilateral DCE 3D Spiral Breast Imaging using TSENSE and Partial Fourier Methods

Misung Han¹, Bruce Daniel¹, Brian Hargreaves^1
1Stanford Univeristy

14:00      3360         52                                    Fast Imaging By Using A Diagonal Covariance Matrix

Uygar Sümbül¹, Juan Santos¹, John Pauly^1
1Stanford University

14:30      3361         49                                    A Quantitative Simulation Approach for Optimization of Spiral K-Space-Sampled Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced MRA

Ting Song¹, Andrew Laine¹, Qun Chen², Henry Rusinek², Gerhard Laub³, Randall Kroeker³, Louisa Bokachev², Vivian Lee^2
1Columbia University, ²NYU School of Medicine, ³Siemens Medical Solutions USA

14:30      3362         50                                    High-Resolution Dynamic Imaging with Spiral Scanning and Spatiotemporal Modeling

Bo Liu¹, Leslie Ying¹, Zhi-Pei Liang², Dan Xu², Emad Abdelsalam³, Jinhua Sheng^1
1University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ²University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ³GE Healthcare

14:30      3363         51                                    Iterative Reconstruction of Time-Resolved Projection Images Using Highly Constrained Back Projection

Rafael O'Halloran¹, Zhifei Wen¹, James Holmes¹, Sean Fain^1
1University of Wisconsin

14:30      3364         52                                    Improved k-t BLAST using FOCUSS

Hong Jung¹, Jong Ye^1
1Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

15:00      3365         49                                    Development of Ultra Short Echo (UTE) imaging for in vivo application at high field strength

Alexandre Khrapitchev¹, Nicola Sibson¹, Matthew Robson¹, Andrew Blamire^2
1University of Oxford, ²University of Newcastle

15:00      3366         50                                    Efficient Volumetric Brain MR Imaging with Ultrashort Echo Times

Yongxian Qian¹, Fernando Boada^1
1University of Pittsburgh

15:00      3367         51                                    Imaging of Submillisecond TI 2 Species with 2D and 3D Radial Imaging Sequences

Aranee Techawiboonwong¹, Hee Kwon Song¹, Felix Wehrli^1
1University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

15:00      3368         52                                    Ultrashort TE (UTE) Imaging and T2 Quantification of Short T2 Components in Brain White Matter

Jiang Du¹, Mark Bydder², Atsushi Takahashi³, Ann Shimakawa³, Scott Hinks³, Graeme Bydder^1
1University of California, San Diego, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ³GE Healthcare Technologies
 

Interventional MR

Hall 17          14:00 - 16:00

13:30      3369         53                                    MRI Thermometry Calibration Concept for the Qualification of HIFU Tumor Ablation Real-Time Thermometry Protocols - not available

Joerg Roland¹, Stefan Roell¹, Michael Zwanger^1
1Siemens Med. Solutions

13:30      3370         54                                    Robust MR Thermography with iZQCs

Gigi Galiana¹, Rosa Branca², Elizabeth Jenista², Warren Warren^2
1Princeton University, ²Duke University

13:30      3371         55                                    Spatial and temporal accuracy of MR thermometry during MRI-guided prostate thermal therapy

Rajiv Chopra¹, Kee Tang¹, Michael Bronskill^1
1Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

13:30      3372         56                                    PRF Thermometry Using Iterative Decomposition of Water and Fat

Cheng Li¹, Xinyi Pan¹, Qiang Zhang², Kui Ying^1
1Tsinghua University, ²Siemens Mindit Magnetic Resonance Ltd. (SMMR)

13:30      3373         57                                    Echo-shifted Proton Resonance Frequency Temperature Mapping - not available

Michael Bock¹, Jürgen Jenne¹, Gabriela Wilzbach Divkovic¹, Wolfhard Semmler^1
1German Cancer Research Center (dkfz)

13:30      3374         58                                    MR Phase Shift Behavior in Frozen ex vivo Tissue

Elena Kaye¹, Sonal Josan¹, Kim Butts Pauly^1
1Stanford University

13:30      3375         59                                    In vivo assessment of canine prostate cryoablations with magnetization transfer imaging.

Andrew Holbrook¹, Donna Bouley¹, Marcus Alley¹, Bruce Daniel¹, Kim Butts Pauly^1
1Stanford University

13:30      3376         60                                    MR Temperature Imaging for Development and Validation of 3D Light Propagation Models in the Presence of Gold-Silica Nanoshells for Thermal Therapy Treatment Planning

Andrew Elliott¹, Roger Stafford², Anil Shetty², John Hazle³, Jon Schwartz⁴, James Wang⁴, Chris Bourgoyne⁴, D O'Neal^5
1M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, ²M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, ³M. D. Anderson, ⁴Nanospectra Biosciences Inc., ⁵Louisiana Tech. University

14:00      3377         53                                    Sensitivity Study of MR–Based Temperature Mapping at 7T

Ping Wang¹, Jian-Ming Zhu^1
1Wake Forest University School of Medicine

14:00      3378         54                                    Temperature Mapping in Human Brain Postmortem by MR Spectroscopic Imaging - not available

Peter Vermathen¹, Emin Aghayev², Michael Thali², Chris Boesch^1
1University & Inselspital, ²University of Bern

14:00      3379         55                                    Imaging Concentration and Temperature in Cryopreservation Solutions from -80C to Room Temperature

Richard Thompson¹, Juan Irizar¹, Jianping Yu¹, Janet Elliott¹, Locksley McGann^1
1University of Alberta

14:00      3380         56                                    Absolute Brain Temperature by ¹H MRS

Risto Kauppinen¹, Rishma Vidyasagar¹, Charmaine Childs², Yrjo Hiltunen^3
1University of Birmingham, ²University of Manchester, ³University of Kuopio

14:00      3381         57                                    In vivo temperature assessment using ¹H NMR chemical shifts of NAA-water and TmDOTP

Daniel Coman¹, Fahmeed Hyder^1
1Yale University, School of Medicine

14:00      3382         58                                    Development of a catheter for MRI-guided intramyocardial injection - not available

Gabriele Krombach¹, Arno Buecker², Joachim Pfeffer¹, Christian Hohl¹, Javuz Temur¹, Michael Friebe³, Sylvia Kinzel¹, Rolf Guenther^1
1University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, ²University Hospital, ³Tomovation

14:00      3383         59                                    The 3T Loopless Antenna: SNR Triples Compared to 1.5T, Heating Suppressed

Di Qian¹, AbdElMonem El-Sharkawy¹, Paul Bottomley^1
1Johns Hopkins University

14:00      3384         60                                    A Method for Automatic Localization of Wireless MR Reference Markers: Feasibility and Accuracy - not available

Harald Busse¹, Robert Trampel¹, Wilfried Gründer², Michael Moche¹, Thomas Kahn^1
1Leipzig University Hospital, ²Leipzig University

14:30      3385         53                                    A Solid Marker Material for MRI with Adjustable Relaxation Properties

 - not availableGurpreet Sandhu¹, Reiner Umathum¹, Wolfhard Semmler¹, Michael Bock^1
1German Cancer Research Center (dkfz)

14:30      3386         54                                    Improvement of MR visualization of prosthetic heart valves

Erwin Immel¹, J. Spillner², Andreas Melzer^1
1Biophan Europe GmbH, ²Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, RWTH

14:30      3387         55                                    Off Resonance Contrast Angiography Using Frequency-Shifting Catheter Coatings

Robert Edelman^1
1Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

14:30      3388         56                                    Development of a Modular MR-Compatible Robot System

Haytham Elhawary¹, Aleksandar Zivanovic¹, Marc Rea², Donald McRobbie², Nandita de Souza³, David Gilderdale³, Ian Young¹, Brian Davies¹, Michael Lamperth^1
1Imperial College London, ²Charing Cross Hospital, ³ICR, Royal Marsden Hospital

14:30      3389         57                                    A Method to Verify the Instrument Position Realized by a Robotic Assistance System: Feasibility and Accuracy of the Biopsy Trajectory

Harald Busse¹, Michael Moche¹, Robert Trampel¹, Thomas Kahn^1
1Leipzig University Hospital

14:30      3390         58                                    A Fully Automatic Passive Marker System Localization Algorithm with Sub-pixel Precision

Jaane Rauschenberg¹, Andre de Oliveira¹, Stefanie Guthmann², Wolfhard Semmler¹, Michael Bock^1
1German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), ²Innomedic GmbH

14:30      3391         59                                    Automatic Passive Tracking of a Prostate Biopsy Device Using Phase-only Cross Correlation

Andre de Oliveira¹, Jaane Rauschenberg¹, Dirk Beyersdorff², Wolfhard Semmler¹, Michael Bock^1
1German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), ²Charité Campus Mitte

14:30      3392         60                                    Real-Time Registration by Contour Tracking for Interventional Guidance using Cardiac MRI

Desmond Chung¹, Janakan Satkunasingham¹, Graham Wright¹, Perry Radau^1
1Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

15:00      3393         53                                    Correcting Static Interventional Roadmaps for Subject Displacement in Real-Time using One-Dimensional Projections

Kevan Anderson¹, Labonny Biswas², Desmond Chung³, Jingyuan Huang³, Graham Wright^1
1University of Toronto, ²The Hospital For Sick Children, ³Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

15:00      3394         54                                    Evaluation of MR Image Overlay for Spinal Interventions

Gregory Fischer¹, Clifford Weiss¹, Eva Dyer¹, Csaba Csoma¹, Anton Deguet¹, John Carrino¹, Gabor Fichtinger^1
1Johns Hopkins

15:00      3395         55                                    Real-Time Navigation of an Untethered Ferromagnetic Device using an MRI system in a Human Carotid Phantom  based on Pre-Acquired Waypoints

Arnaud Chanu¹, Ouajdi Felfoul¹, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu¹, Gilles Beaudoin¹, Sylvain Martel^1
1Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

15:00      3396         56                                    Dephased FLAPS MRI for Real-Time Guided Biopsy: Feasibility and Accuracy Study in <I>Ex-Vivo</I> Liver Tissue

Ioannis Koktzoglou¹, Reed Omary¹, Debiao Li¹, Rohan Dharmakumar^1
1Northwestern University

15:00      3397         57                                    Improved Stent Visualisation with High Flip Angle Magentic Resonance Angiogram during XMR Procedures

Sanjeet Hegde¹, Aaron Bell¹, Kawal Rhode¹, Gerald Greil¹, Tobias Schaeffter¹, Reza Razavi^1
1King's College London

15:00      3398         58                                    Real-time Quantitative Treated Volume Estimation in MR guided FUS Uterine Fibroids Surgery - not available

Bilgin Keserci¹, Atsuya Okada², Hasnine Haque^1
1GE Healthcare, ²Iseikai Hospital

15:00      3399         59                                    MR guided angioplasty of peripheral arteries: delivery of substances into the vessel wall - not available

Gabriele Krombach¹, Martin Wehner², Alberto Perez-Bouza¹, Sylvia Kinzel¹, Michael Friebe³, Linda Kaimann¹, Thorsten Plum¹, Daniel Schibur², Rolf Guenther¹, Christian Hohl^1
1University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, ²Frauenhofer Instiut, ³Tomovation

15:00      3400         60                                    MR fluoroscopy guidance for liver biopsies in a short, wide-bore 1.5T scanner – preliminary results

Joerg Stattaus¹, Stefan Maderwald¹, Michael Forsting¹, Joerg Barkhausen¹, Mark Ladd^1
1University Hospital Essen