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In Vivo Magnetic Resonance

Gordon Research Conference

July 25 - 30, 2004
Chair Charles S. Springer
Vice Chair Richard B. Buxton
Bates College
2 Andrews Road
Lewiston, Maine, United States
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Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSensor Contrast Reagents
Discussion Leader: A. Dean Sherry, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX
Charles S. Springer - Opening Remarks
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmRobert J. Gillies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
(nature of tumor environment; exogenous CEST CRs for pH mapping)
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmJinyuan Zhou, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
(endogenous CEST CRs for pH mapping)
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCellular and Targeted Contrast Reagents
Discussion Leader: Charles S. Springer, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
9:00 am - 9:40 amJoseph A. Frank, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
(preparation and administration of cellular CRs)
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break and Group Photo
10:30 am - 11:10 amBrian K. Rutt, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
(detection of single cellular CRs using clinical instrumentation)
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmDaniel H. Turnbull, New York University, New York, NY
(CRs targeted for brain pathologies [prion-based diseases])
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPushing in Vivo MR Limits
Discussion Leader: J. Thomas Vaughan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmLawrence Wald, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
(the current B0 limit for humans: 7T, 8T, or 9.4T?)
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmJoseph V. Hajnal, Imperial College, London, UK
(the acquisition-speed limit)
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMolecular Mechanisms of BOLD fMRI Effects
Discussion Leader: Richard B. Buxton, University of California, San Diego, CA
9:00 am - 9:40 amNikos K. Logothetis, Max Planck Institute, Tübingen, GE
(the neural basis of BOLD-based fMRI)
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amPenny A. Gowland, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
(calibrating BOLD-based fMRI; MRI detection of neural magnetism)
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmSeong-Gi Kim, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
(mechanisms of BOLD-based fMRI)
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNon-BOLD (Timid?) fMRI
Discussion Leader: Anders Dale, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmAllen W. Song, Duke University, Durham, NC
(diffusion-weighted fMRI; tract-tracing with diffusion-weighting)
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmPeter A. Bandettini, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
(MRI detection of neural magnetism)
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMEMRI and Hypercarbon MRI
Discussion Leader: Afonso C. Silva, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
9:00 am - 9:40 amRobia G. Pautler, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
(Mn2+ tract-tracing in the mouse)
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amAfonso C. Silva, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
(Applications of MEMRI to Visualization of Neuroarchitecture)
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmKlaes Golman, Amersham Health Research, Malmö, Sweden
(exogeneous CRs for hyperpolarized 13C MRA)
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPerfusion Quantitation
Discussion Leader: Jerry D. Glickson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmEric C. Wong, University of California, San Diego, CA
(quantitative, endogeneous ASL measurements of perfusion)
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmKathleen M. Donahue Schmainda, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
(quantitative perfusion measurements using exogeneous CRs)
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDiffusion Measurements and Applications
Discussion Leader: Lawrence R. Frank, University of California, San Diego, CA
9:00 am - 9:40 amJohn M. Pauly, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
(SSFP measurements of water diffusion in vivo)
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amSusumu Mori, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
(new tract-tracing developments)
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmPeter J. Basser, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
(survey of tract-tracing principles and results)
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMolecular Mechanisms of Diffusion Effects
Discussion Leader: Greg J. Stanisz, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmChristopher H. Sotak, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
(effect of ischemia on diffusion of intracellular water)
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmJoseph J. H. Ackerman, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
(diffusion of intra- and intercellular water in tissue)
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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