The 14th Annual Research Symposium
Medical Imaging Research Laboratory
Department of Radiology
University of Utah
Sundance Resort, September 13, 2002
Program Schedule
07:30 am
Alpine Express Breakfast
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08:30 am
Welcome and Opening Address
Screening Building (Deck)
Edwin A. “Steve” Stevens
Chairman of Department of Radiology
SPECT/PET
Chair: Tom Rust
08:44 am
Positron Emission Tomography: Current Status and Future Directions
Dan J. Kadrmas
Dan J. Kadrmas
08:56 am
Improved Hybrid PET Imaging Using Variable Focal Length
Thomas C. Rust
Fan-Slat Collimators
Thomas C. Rust, Dan J. Kadrmas
09:04 am
Signal-to-Noise Enhancement using Stochastic Resonance
Larry Zeng
Larry Zeng
09:12 am
Comparison of SPECT vs. Planar Imaging for Lesion Detection
Eric S. Sorensen
Eric S. Sorensen, G.Larry. Zeng, Grant T. Gullberg
09:20 am
Questions and answers
Image Reconstruction
Chair: Eric Sorensen
09:30 am
3D Reconstruction in SPECT and X-Ray CT
Rolf Clackdoyle
Rolf Clackdoyle
09:42 am
Region-of-interest reconstruction in 2-D tomography from fan-beam
Frederic Noo
projections
Frederic Noo, Rolf Clackdoyle, M. Defrise, Hiroyuki Kudo
09:50 am
High-frequency ultrasound imaging:A diffraction tomography approach Arvidas Cheryauka
Arvidas Cheryauka, Grant T. Gullberg
09:58 am
POCSENSE: POCS-based method for image reconstruction
Eugene G. Khoumovski
from sensitivity encoded data
Eugene G. Khoumovski, Alexei A. Samsonov
10:06 am
Investigation of a mathematical property of the helix
Jed D. Pack, Frederic Noo
10:11 am
Questions and answers
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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
10:50 am
11:02 am
11:10 am
11:18 am
11:26 am
Chair: Arvidas Cheryauka
Kinetic Modeling for Fun and Profit
Edward V. R. Di Bella
Edward V. R. Di Bella, Dmitri Y. Riabkov, Harshali Bal, S. Vijayakumar
Segmentation of images in perfusion sequence: threshold
Dmitri Y. Riabkov
visualization approach for cluster analysis.
Dmitri Y. Riabkov and Edward V. R. Di Bella
Validation of the measurement of 3D left ventricular strains
AI Veress
using image warping and untagged MRI images
AI Veress, JA Weiss, GC Klein, and GT Gullberg
Multimodal imaging of cardiac activation, perfusion, and ischemia
Rob MacLeod
Rob MacLeod, Ed DiBella, Bonnie Punske, Eun-Kee Jeong
Questions and answers
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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 pm
DNA mutation correlation of spinal cord lesions in patients
Gregory L. Katzman
with Neurofibromatosis type 2
11:44 pm
11:52 pm
Gregory L. Katzman
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
Questions and answers
MEG
11:57 pm
Kevin R. Moore
Chair: Eric Debreuve
12:21 pm
Clinical Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Michael Funke
- Current needs and developments
Michael Funke
Minimum Support MEG Imaging
DoSik Hwang
DoSik Hwang, Oleg Portniaguine, Srikantan Nagarajan, Kensuke Sekihara, Chris Johnson
Dense electrical map reconstruction from ECG/MCG measurements
Eric Debreuve
with known fiber structure and standard activation sequence
Eric Debreuve, Grant T. Gullberg
Questions and answers
12:30 pm
Fajita Lunch Buffet and Hiking
12:05 pm
12:13 pm
MR Angiography
Chair: John Roberts
13:40 pm
Current Directions in Magnetic Resonance Angiography Research
Dennis L. Parker
and Some Potential New Direction
Dennis L. Parker
13:52 pm
A computer model for carotid atherosclerotic plaque
K. Craig Goodrich
K. Craig Goodrich, Dennis L. Parker
14:00 pm
Numerical Simulations of Interleaved kY MRI Technique
John A. Roberts
John A. Roberts, Dennis L. Parker
14:08 pm
RF Coil Design Optimization in Cervical Carotid Imaging
J. Rock Hadley
J.Rock Hadley, Dennis L. Parker
14:16 pm
Questions and answers
Diffusion Tensor MRI
14:26 pm
14:34 pm
14:42 pm
14:50 pm
Chair: Seong-Eun Kim
High Resolution Diffusion MRI with Segmented 3D SSFP
Eun-Kee Jeong
Eun-Kee Jeong, Seong-Eun Kim, Greg Katzman, Dennis L. Parker
Diffusion Weighted 3D FSE
Seong-Eun Kim
Seong-Eun Kim, Eun-Kee Jeong, Dennis L. Parker
Implementation od PROPELLER MRI method for diffusion
Arvidas Cheryauka
tensor reconstruction
Arvidas Cheryauka, James Lee , Samsonov A., Defrise M., Grant T. Gullberg
White Matter Tractography Using RandomVector (RAVE) Perturbation
Mariana Lazar
Mariana Lazar and Andrew L. Alexander
14:58 pm
Questions and answers
15:08 am
Coffee and Snack
MISC
15:40 pm
15:48 pm
15:56 pm
16:04 pm
16:12 pm
Chair: Zhiqiang Hu
Reduction in exposure rates during real-time computerized axial
David A. Tripp
tomography interventional procedures
David A. Tripp, Karen S. Langley, William W. Orrison, Jr,
A Multi-specialty Methodology for Annotating Medical Images
Patricia Goede
for Context-Appropriate Use and Reuse in Health Sciences Education
Patricia Goede, Jason Lauman, Gregory Katzman
Convenient modeling of bioelectromagnetic fields
Oleg Portniaguine
Oleg Portniaguine, Dmitri Pavlov, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Biodegradable Macromolecular Gd(III) Complexes as Blood Pool
Zheng-Rong Lu
MRI Contrast Agents
Zheng-Rong Lu, Dennis L. Parker, K. Craig Goodrich, John Dalle
MRI Temperature Measurements
Jun-Yu Guo
Jun-Yu Guo, Dennis L Parker, Robert B. Roemer
16:18 pm
Questions and answers
16:30 pm
Closing Remarks and Student Competition Award Presentation
Denis L. Parker
Director of MIRL/UCAIR