Research Facility News


February 21-22, 2013

7T Lecture Series Lecture

Sharmila Majumdar, Ph.D., Professor Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco

  • Title: 7 Tesla Musculoskeletal Imaging
  • Time: Thursday, February 21, 12:00-1:00pm
  • Where: Braley Auditorium 01136 PFP

Rob Peters, Ph.D., GE Healthcare Technologies

  • Title: Collaborative Research and Developments in GE MR Musculoskeletal Imaging
  • Time: Friday, February 22, 12:00-1:00pm
  • Where: Braley Auditorium 01136 PFP

November 16, 2012

Research Trio Scanner Updates

  • Installed New Spetroscopy Sequences from CMRR: MEGA-PRESS and MEGA-SEMI-LASER
  • Installed Multi-Echo Navigated MP-RAGE Sequence
  • Installed 19F Coil for lung imaging


November 15, 2012

Large-Scale Intelligent Systems Lecture

  • Time: Thursday, November 15, 3:30 - 4:30pm
  • Where: 3505 SC

Jong Chul Ye, Associate Professor. Dept. of Bio/Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Inst. Of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea

  • Title: Sparse Signal Processing for Dynamic MRI Reconstruction and fMRI Analysis

October 10, 2012

7T Lecture Series: Thursday, October 25

  • Time: Thursday, October 25, 12:00 - 1:00pm
  • Where: Ziffren Conference Room, 1502 JCP

Brian Rutt, PhD, Professor of Radiology, Electrical Engineering, and Bio-Engineering at Stanford University

  • Presentation: In-vivo Ultra-high Field MR Imaging

Ajit Shankaranarayanan, PhD, Global MR Neuro Applications Manager, GE Healthcare

  • Presentation: Advanced Neuroimaging: A GE Perspective

August 24, 2012

The University of Iowa's MR Research Facility is featured in this month's publication of GE's SIGNA Pulse.

Check out the article at: GE Signa Pulse




August 24, 2012

Utilizing MR images from The University of Iowa's Neurological Patient Registry, neurology researchers study why the elderly are ostensibly more succeptible to decpetive advertising.

Read about their work at Iowa Now & frontiers.


July 31, 2012

Upcoming 2-day BRAINS Software Seminar

Register: http://www.regonline.com/BRAINSCamp2012

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Wednesday, August 8 & Thursday, August 9, 2012

Hardin Library Info Commons East and West - 2nd Floor

$25 per person


    Wednesday, August 8
  • 9:00 - 10:00a - Welcome, Intro to fMRI Physics – Vincent Magnotta, PhD
  • 10:00 - 10:45 - Functional Connectivity/Seed Voxel of Resting State – Michelle Voss, PhD
  • 10:45 - 11:00 - Break
  • 11:00am - 12:00 - Keynote Speaker – Guido Gerig, PhD, University of Utah
  • 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch (complimentary)
  • 1:00 - 2:45 - Structural Analysis Lab – Hans Johnson, PhD
  • 2:45 - 3:15 - Break
  • 3:15 - 5:00p - Analysis of Motor Task fMRI Lab – Vincent Magnotta, PhD
    Thursday, August 9
  • 9:00 - 10:00a - Structural Imaging Overview – Vincent Magnotta, PhD
  • 10:00 - 10:45 - Quality Control of DWI Data – Hans Johnson, PhD
  • 10:45 - 11:00 - Break
  • 11:00 - 11:30 - DWI Data Processing Regional Measures Using FreeSurfer – Joy Matsui, Graduate Research Assistant
  • 11:30am - 12:00 - Structural Imaging/Machine Learning Algorithms – Regina Kim, Gradutae Research Assistant
  • 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch (complimentary)
  • 1:00 - 2:45 - Resting State Analysis Lab – Vincent Magnotta, PhD
  • 2:45 - 3:15 - Break
  • 3:15 - 5:00p - DTI Analysis Lab – Hans Johnson, PhD

July 13, 2012

The top floor of the Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building (PBDB) has been poured and work has begun to enclose the building. Below are some recent construction pictures of the building's progress. The GE 7T MR950 whole body MR scanner will be located in the southwest corner of the building (bottom-right of the top two images).





June 7, 2012

University of Iowa researcher Dr. William Hedgcock is using fMRI images to study how the brain regulates self-control.

Read about his work at Iowa Now





Other links to Dr. Hedgcock's research:

May 22, 2012

Upcoming Lectures: The MRRF is pleased to announce two upcoming lectures related to MR Imaging.

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Frank Hockett, MSEE, Senior Research Technician, Washington University School of Medicine

  • Presentation topic:
    MRI COIL DESIGN PRINCIPLES
  • When: Friday June 8, 9:00 - 10:00am. Round table discussion 10:00am - noon.
  • Where: 2217 Seamans Center
  • More information: Presentation Flyer

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Sara Nelson, PhD, Director of the Center for Non-Invasive Imaging and Metabolomics (CNIM) and the Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced Imaging at UCSF


May 11, 2012

Dr. Vincent Magnotta and colleagues are using T1ρ (pron. tee-one-row) imaging techniques to measure pH resulting from brain activity. This work was recently published in PNAS

Read about Dr. Magnotta's research on PNAS (http://www.pnas.org) and at the University of Iowa (http://now.uiowa.edu).



April 11, 2012

An updated MRI Screening Sheet is available for download. This form must be completed before any subject is allowed to enter the MRI scan room. Every subject (including research assistants, family members, and other staff) must remain outside the MRI scanning room until they have been screened by an MR technologist and completed and signed the MRI Screening Sheet.



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