2008 POSTER AWARDS Last updated 21-04-09

Category	Award	Program #	Author	Title
Molecular
	1st	1697	Matti M. van Schooneveld	Pharmacokinetics and bio-distribution of a novel silica-based multimodal nanoparticle
	2nd	1649	Maarten B. Kok	Intracellular uptake of targeted paramagnetic contrast agent…..
	3rd	1690	Douglas Edward Prah	In Vivo Mitochondrial Labeling using Mito-Carboxy Proxyl (Mito-CP) Enhanced….
	Honorable Mention	3234	Mangala Srinivas	Longitudinal tracking and quantification of T cells using in vivo 19F MRI
Psychiatric
	1st	3552	Martin Walter, Anke Henning and Simone Grimm	Alterations in BOLD response and metabolite concentrations support decreased glial….
	2nd	3553	KiSueng Choi	White matter disruption in early- and late-onset depression:...
	3rd	2255	Dhruman Goradia	Schizophrenia but not Bipolar Adolescent Offspring Show Developmentally….
	Honorable Mention	2261	Priya Santhanam	Emotional Arousal and Regulation in Adolescents Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine:….
MSK
	1st	3660	Sabine Weckbach	Development of T-Scores for the diagnosis of osteoarthrosis…
	2nd	2578	Uma Sharma	Effect of Oral Creatine on Muscle Metabolism of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy….
	3rd	2548	Shantanu Dhamija	Quantification of Knee Cartilage In Vivo In the MMT Model of Osteoarthritis….
	Honorable Mention	2527	Jeremy F. Magland	In Vivo Trabecular Bone Micro-Imaging at Isotropic Resolution Using 3D FLASE….
Diffusion-Perfusion
	1st	3311	Daniel Güllmar	Tracking of CE-MR-Angiography data using established approaches in DTI
	2nd	1906	Sune Jespersen	Modeling the regulation of cerebral oxygen extraction by flow heterogeneity
	3rd	3434	Jeffrey Njus	DCE-MRI Ktrans Mapping of MS Lesion Evolution in Individuals
	Honorable Mention	3328	Matthew Cheung	Comparison of directional diffusion kurtoses and diffusivities….
White Matter
	1st	2106	Cheryl McCreary	Significant Brain Atrophy Precedes the Onset of Disability….
	2nd	2067	Megan Blackwell	Contrast-enhanced ex vivo MR reveals inflammatory zone….
	3rd	1791	Markus Nilsson	On the effects of a varied diffusion time in vivo:….
	Honorable Mention	2116	Madhavi Pai	Elucidating the Involvement of Spino-Olivocerebellar Pathways….
Drug research
	1st	2108	Laura Harson	Mouse Brain DT-MRI:Assessment of Demyelination and Recovery
	2nd	2083	Willy Gsell	Effect of Fluoxetine on the developing brain
	3rd	2496	Denise Welsh	CBV fMRI in conscious animals using USPIO:….
Dynamic NMR
	1st	1598	Dennis Klomp	Proton Spectroscopic Imaging of the Human Prostate In Vivo at 7T
	2nd	1644	Dinesh Deelchand	Simultaneous Measurement of Neuronal and Glial Metabolism in Rat Brain In Vivo….
	3rd	1582	Yao Fu	High speed magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging using wavelet encoding...
	Honorable Mention	1597	Jimin Ren	Composition of Adipose Tissue and Marrow Fat by 1H MR Spectroscopy at 7 Tesla
Flow and Motion
	1st	1377	William Kerwin	Vortex Ring Formation in Diastolic Dysfunction: Phase Contrast MRI….
	2nd	3422	Vitaliy Rayz	Assessment of intracranial aneurysm thrombosis….
	3rd	2833	Samuel Fielden	A new methodology for determining aortic pulse wave velocity….
	Honorable Mention	1547	Jens Wuerfel	MR elastography reveals tissue degeneration in Multiple Sclerosis patients
Cardiac
	1st	2832	Sergio Uribe	4D flow of the Whole Heart and Great Vessels at 3T….
	2nd	2923	Jing Yu	Signal-to-Noise Ratio Enhancement in Coronary MRA Using Parallel Imaging
	3rd	963	Glenda van Bochove	Passive Targeting of Atherosclerosis with Paramagnetic Lipid Nanoparticles….
	Honorable Mention	2915	Brandon Fornwalt	Left Ventricular Internal Flow in Patients with Dyssynchronous Heart Failure….
Cancer
	1st	2812	Sarah Busch	Measurements of T1-Relaxation in ex Vivo Prostate Tissue at 132 μT
	2nd	2815	Jannie P. Wijnen	Lactate Production in Human Brain Tumor; Detection by 13C MRS at 3T
	3rd	2794	Tammy Louise Kalber	Development and Characterisation of a Tumour Specific Contrast Agent….
	Honorable Mention	2799	Priya Goel	Quantitative Assessment of Glioma Therapy Efficacy….
Hyperpolarized
	1st	1766	Aaron Grant	Observation of anomalously long-lived hyperpolarized C13 states….
	2nd	2650	Jason Woods	The Role of Collateral Pathways in Long-range 3He Diffusion
	3rd	3190	Matthew Merritt	Reduction of the Myocardial Intracellular Matrix as Measured by Hyperpolarized 13C NMR
	Honorable Mention	1756	Ruud Bernardus van Heeswijk	Detection and imaging of hyperpolarized 6-lithium in the rat brain in vivo
Brain function
	1st	2316	Jason Tucciarone	Detection of Thalamocortical Inputs of the Rat Whisker Barrel Field….
	2nd	2403	Nirvish Shah	Reliability of the resting state fluctuation amplitude as a hemodynamic scaling parameter
	3rd	3575	Cheng Ouyang	Volumetric Blood Flow Rate Measurement by Flow Enhancement of Signal Intensity (FENSI)
	Honorable Mention	3576	Oleg Leontiev	Highly conserved CBF/CMRO2 coupling in human primary visual cortex…
Engineering
	1st	1120	Stephan Biber	Analog Optical Transmission of 4 MRI Receive Channels with high Dynamic Range….
	2nd	2962	Xin Chen	Experimental Reduction of Acoustic Noise Through Cancellation of Impulsive Forces
	3rd	2981	Qin Xu	An inexpensive and programmable separated coil CASL system
	Honorable Mention	2989	Martyn Paley	Ultra-short echo time imaging using an independent spectrometer and coil insert
Interventional
	1st	1197	Maythem Saeed	Cardiovascular MR Imaging is a Platform for Percutaneous Transendocardial Delivery….
	2nd	3021	Rajiv Chopra	Spatial and Temporal Accuracy of Heating Using MRI-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound….
	3rd	2994	David Woodrum	Magnetic Resonance Delivery and Monitoring of Empty MR Visible Capsules:…
	Honorable Mention	1220	Selaka Bulumulla	3T MR Phased Array as a Hyperthermia Applicator
Safety
	1st	1045	Zhangwei Wang	SAR and temperature compared to limits in simulations of a dedicated extremity coil
	2nd	2965	Sebastian Schmitter	SPL prediction of arbitrary sequences
	3rd	1052	Ruiliang Wang	Induced magnetic forces in the human head during MRI procedures: A group analysis
	Honorable Mention	1055	Florian Fidler	Quantitaive comparison of RF heating on different MR scanners….
High Field
	1st	1304	Kawin Setsompop	Magnitude Least Squares Optimization for Parallel RF Excitation Design….
	2nd	2373	David Feinberg	Sub-millimeter Single-shot 3D GRASE with Inner Volume Selection….
	3rd	2233	Myriam Chaumeil	Microangiography of the primate brain at 7 Tesla using USPIO particles
	Honorable Mention	2218	Zang-Hee Cho	High-resolution in vivo MR imaging of the human hippocampus at 7 Tesla
Acquisition Techniques
	1st	1355	Guobin Li	BLADE-VAT for Geometric Distortion Correction
	Honorable mention	3114	Maxim Zaitsev	Requirements on the Accuracy of Navigators for Prospective Motion Correction…
Reconstruction and Post-Processing
	1st	3151	Florian Sebert	Compressed Sensing MRI with Random B1 field
	2nd	1341	James Pipe	Design Metrics for Data Undersampling and Weighting Strategies
	3rd	3044	Sandra Meyers	Reliability and Reproducibility of Myelin Water Fraction Analysis….
	Honorable Mention	1531	Ricardo Ferrari	Analysis of bilateral asymmetries in breast MR images….
Other Neuro
	1st	1965	Takehiko Takagi	Diffusion Tensor Peripheral Nerve Tractography ~ Histological Changes….
	2nd	2107	Istvan Pirko	Significant Brain Atrophy Precedes the Onset of Disability in a Murine Model….
	3rd	3286	Guangliang Ding	MRI metrics detected axonal outgrowth and plasticity in rat brain after embolic stroke
	Honorable Mention	2226	Qing Wang	Noninvasive Detection of Retina Degeneration in Mice Using Diffusion MRI at 11.74T
MRA
	1st	914	Himanshu Bhat	Real Time Self Tracking of Contrast Kinetics for Whole Heart Coronary Artery….
	2nd	2038	Harald Kramer	Continuous Table Movement for Peripheral MRA with Matrix Coils at 3.0T ….
	3rd	2903	Junji Takahashi	Optimization of Non-Contrast Renal MRA using a TI-Prep scan….
	Honorable Mention	2865	Darren Lum	Increased Volume of Coverage for Abdominal Contrast-Enhanced MRA….