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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Presented by:
The Advanced Imaging Research Center
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NIH National Center for Research Resources
Program Objective | Guest Speakers | Program Schedule
Program Objective
The goal of this NIH-funded National Center for Research Resources
is to develop novel NMR methods for monitoring intermediary
metabolism in vivo. A major emphasis has been the
use of and 13C -enriched tracers combined
with analysis of metabolic products in plasma or urine for
understanding systemic metabolic pathways. Stable isotopes
are safe, and detection by NMR spectroscopy allows simultaneous use
of multiple tracers in a single experiment. Furthermore, the
information content of the NMR analysis is far greater than that
available by classical radiotracer imaging methods. However,
because of poor sensitivity, until recently it has been difficult
to extend these methods to imaging.
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Guest Speakers
Per Akeson, MD, Ph.D., Danish Research Center for Magnetic
Resonance, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen,
Denmark Department of Radiology, Malmo University Hospital, Malmo,
Sweden
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, GE
Healthcare, Amersham, United Kingdom
Bastiaan Driehuys, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of
Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Robert Lenkinski, Ph.D., Director, Experimental Radiology and 3T MR
Spectroscopy Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Jeff Duyn, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland
John C. Gore, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Radiology,
Physics & Astronomy and Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tennessee
Daniel B. Vigneron, Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco,
California
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Program Schedule
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8:00 a.m. |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:30 a.m. |
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Alternate Mechanisms for Spin Polarization
Dr. Driehuys |
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9:30 a.m. |
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Hyperpolarization of Molecules in Solution by Solid State DNP and Dissolution
Dr. Ardenkjaer-Larsen |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Discussion
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10:45 a.m. |
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Break
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11:00 a.m. |
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Oncology Applications of Hyperpolarized Carbon
Dr. Vigneron |
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12:00 a.m. |
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Lunch
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1:00 p.m. |
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Cardiac Applications of Hyperpolarized Carbon
Dr. Akeson |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Parahydrogen Induced Polarization
Dr. Lenkinski |
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3:00 p.m. |
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Break
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3:15 p.m. |
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MRI of Human Brain at 7T
Dr. Duyn |
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4:15 p.m. |
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MR Studies at 7 T: The Vanderbilt Experience
Dr. Gore |
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5:00 p.m. |
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Adjourn
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5:15 p.m. |
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Reception
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