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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
Wednesday, August 8 & Thursday, August 9, 2012
Hardin Library Info Commons East and West - 2nd Floor
$25 per person
- 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
Wednesday, August 8
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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:
- http://www.npr.org/2012/06/22/155582854/what-your-brain-looks-like-when-you-lose-self-control
- http://www.prevention.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-tips/how-improve-self-control
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannon-kelley/self-control_b_1583596.html
- http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/mri-map-brains-have-lost-self-control
May 22, 2012
Upcoming Lectures: The MRRF is pleased to announce two upcoming lectures related to MR Imaging.
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
Sara Nelson, PhD, Director of the Center for Non-Invasive Imaging and Metabolomics (CNIM) and the Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced Imaging at UCSF
- Presentation topic: ULTRA-HIGH FIELD MR SPECTROSCOPY
- When: Tuesday, June 19, 1:00 - 2:00pm
- Where: Braley Auditorium (01136 PFP)
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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