08:30 am Welcome and Opening Address
Chairman of Department of Radiology
Edwin A. "Steve" Stevens

 

 

 

SPECT/PET Chair: Tom Rust

08:44 am Positron Emission Tomography: Current Status and Future Directions
Dan J. Kadrmas
Presenter: Dan J. Kadrmas  

08:56 am Improved Hybrid PET Imaging Using Variable Focal Length Fan-Slat Collimators
Thomas C. Rust, Dan J. Kadrmas
Presenter: Thomas C. Rust

09:04 am Signal-to-Noise Enhancement using Stochastic Resonance.(movie, movie , movie )
Larry Zeng
Presenter: Larry Zeng

09:12 am Comparison of SPECT vs. Planar Imaging for Lesion Detection
Eric S. Sorensen, G.Larry Zeng, Grant T. Gullberg
Presenter: Eric S. Sorensen

09:20 am  Questions and answers

 

Image Reconstruction Chair: Eric Sorensen

09:30 am 3D Reconstruction in SPECT and X-Ray CT                        
Rolf Clackdoyle
Presenter: Rolf Clackdoyle

09:42 am Region-of-interest reconstruction in 2-D tomography from fan-beam projections       
Frederic Noo, Rolf Clackdoyle, M. Defrise, Hiroyuki Kudo
Presenter: Frederic Noo

09:50 am High-frequency ultrasound imaging:A diffraction tomography approach
Arvidas Cheryauka, Grant T. Gullberg
Presenter: Arvidas Cheryauka

09:58 am POCSENSE: POCS-based method for image reconstruction  from sensitivity encoded data         
Eugene G. Khoumovski, Alexei A. Samsonov
Presenter: Eugene G. Khoumovski 

10:06 am Investigation of a mathematical property of the helix
Jed D. Pack, Frederic Noo
Presenter: Jed D. Pack

10:11 am Questions and answers

Analytical Reconstruction for Multi-Segment Slant Hole SPECT
Girish Bal, Rolf Clackdoyle, G. Larry Zeng, Frederic Noo, Harshali Bal

10:22 am Fresh Fruit Break - Screening Room (Deck)

 

Heart Chair: Arvidas Cheryauka

10:50 am Kinetic Modeling for Fun and Profit
Edward V. R. Di Bella, Dmitri Y. Riabkov, Harshali Bal, S. Vijayakumar
Presenter: Edward V. R. Di Bella 
  
11:02 am Segmentation of images in perfusion sequence threshold visualization approach for cluster analysis
Dmitri Y. Riabkov and Edward V. R. Di Bella
Presenter: Dmitri Y. Riabkov

11:10 am Validation of the measurement of 3D left ventricular strains using image warping and untagged MRI images
AI Veress, JA Weiss, GC Klein, and GT Gullberg
Presenter: AI Veress

11:18 am Multimodal imaging of cardiac activation, perfusion, and ischemia (movie, movie)
Rob MacLeod, Ed DiBella, Bonnie Punske, Eun-Kee Jeong
Presenter: Rob MacLeod

11:26 am Questions and answers

Parametric Image Formation Using Clustering for Dynamic Cardiac SPECT
Harshali Bal, Edward V. R. DiBella and Grant T. Gullberg

Curve Fitting Study of Compartmental Models to Regions of Interest
Sathya Vijayakumar, Edward VR DiBella, Harshali S. Khare

 

Clinical Interest Chair: Kevin Moore

11:36 am DNA mutation correlation of spinal cord lesions in patients with Neurofibromatosis type 2
Gregory L. Katzman
Presenter: Gregory L. Katzman

11:44 am Multivoxel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Of Normal Periventricular White Matter Is Different than The Centrum Semiovale
Kevin R. Moore, Robert J. Bunnell, Susan Federmann & John W. Rose
Presenter: Kevin R. Moore

11:52 am  Questions and answers

 

MEG Chair: Eric Debreuve

11:57 am Clinical Magnetoencephalography (MEG)   - Current needs and developments
Michael Funke
Presenter: Michael Funke

12:05 pm Minimum Support MEG Imaging
DoSik Hwang, Oleg Portniaguine, Srikantan Nagarajan, Kensuke Sekihara, Chris Johnson
Presenter: DoSik Hwang    

12:13 pm Dense electrical map reconstruction from ECG/MCG measurements with known fiber structure and standard activation sequence
Eric Debreuve, Grant T. Gullberg
Presenter: Eric Debreuve 

12:21 pm Questions and answers

12:30 pm Fajita Lunch Buffet and Hiking

 

MR Angiography  Chair: John Roberts

13:40 pm Current Directions in Magnetic Resonance Angiography Research and Some Potential New Direction (movie)
Dennis L. Parker
Presenter: Dennis L. Parker      

13:52 pm A computer model for carotid atherosclerotic plaque (movie, movie)
K. Craig Goodrich, Dennis L. Parker
Presenter: K. Craig Goodrich   

14:00 pm Numerical Simulations of Interleaved kY MRI Technique
John A. Roberts, Dennis L. Parker
Presenter: John A. Roberts   

14:08 pm RF Coil Design Optimization in Cervical Carotid Imaging
J.Rock Hadley, Dennis L. Parker
Presenter: J. Rock Hadley     

14:16 pm Questions and answers

 

Diffusion Tensor MR Chair: Seong-Eun Kim

14:26 pm High Resolution Diffusion MRI with Segmented 3D SSFP
Eun-Kee Jeong, Seong-Eun Kim, Greg Katzman, Dennis L. Parker
Presenter: Eun-Kee Jeong   

14:34 pm Diffusion Weighted 3D FSE
Seong-Eun Kim, Eun-Kee Jeong, Dennis L. Parker
Presenter: Seong-Eun Kim      

14:42 pm   Implementation od PROPELLER MRI method for diffusion tensor reconstruction
Arvidas Cheryauka, James Lee , Samsonov A., Defrise M., Grant T. Gullberg 
Presenter: Arvidas Cheryauka    

14:50 pm White Matter Tractography Using RandomVector (RAVE) Perturbation
Mariana Lazar and Andrew L. Alexander
Presenter: Mariana Lazar 

14:58 pm Questions and answers

15:08 pm Coffee and Snack

 

MISC  Chair: Zhiqiang Hu

15:40 pm Reduction in exposure rates during real-time computerized axial  tomography interventional procedures
David A. Tripp, Karen S. Langley, William W. Orrison, Jr.
Presenter: David A. Tripp    

15:48 pm A Multi-specialty Methodology for Annotating Medical Images for Context-Appropriate Use and Reuse in Health Sciences Education
Patricia Goede, Jason Lauman, Gregory Katzman
Presenter: Patricia Goede          

15:56 pm Convenient modeling of bioelectromagnetic fields
Oleg Portniaguine, Dmitri Pavlov, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Presenter: Oleg Portniaguine    

16:04 pm Biodegradable Macromolecular Gd(III) Complexes as Blood Pool  MRI Contrast Agents 
Zheng-Rong Lu, Dennis L. Parker, K. Craig Goodrich, John Dalle
Presenter: Zheng-Rong Lu      

16:12 pm MRI Temperature Measurements
Jun-Yu Guo, Dennis L Parker, Robert B. Roemer
Presenter: Jun-Yu Guo 

16:18 pm Questions and answers

16:30 pm Closing Remarks and Student Competition Award Presentation
Director of MIRL/UCAIR
Dennis L. Parker