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Research
Topics in Progress
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AIMS:
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Development and
applications of fMRI techniques; the design and
study of new fMRI techniques and instrumentation
for medical diagnostic and neuroscience
applications; quantitative studies of biophysical
basis in new fMRI techniques such as intermolecular
multiple-quantum coherences (iMQC) and
diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).
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Research Projects and
Examples (click on
images at the left for additional links):
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Development of echo
planar and spiral scan techniques for "snap shot"
imaging on our 1.5T MRI scanner; development of MRI
methods for functional imaging of tumor physiology
based on oxygenation susceptibility and/or flow
effects at high fields.
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Applications of
functional MRI in neuroscience: language, reading,
attention, memory, visual processing, sensorimotor
systems, physiological and functional difference
between the normal and deaf subjects.
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New applications of
Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) in epilepsy and
seizure models in animals and humans: development
of DW-EPI techniques at 1.5 whole-body scanner and
9.4T small-bore scanner.
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BOLD imaging of tumor
oxygenation
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Development of
intermolecular multiple-quantum coherence (iMQC) MR
imaging technique.
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Clinical Research Collaborators in
the Department:
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Development of
high-resolution fast imaging technique for anatomic
and functional studies in musculoskeletal
studies.
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Research Grants:
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National
Institutes of Health
University of Rochester Cancer Center - Discovery
Fund
Consordium on HIV MRS studies
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