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ULTRAFAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN MEDICINE
Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in MedicineProceedings of the International Symposium on Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, 27-29 January 1999

Edited by
S. Naruse, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyuo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
H. Watari, President ISUM '99, Former President JMRM, Osaka, Japan

Included in series
International Congress, 1192

Description
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine (ISUM '99) organized by the Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (JMRM). The symposium consisted of 32 keynote lectures and scientific sessions, 61 posters discussions and 7 educational lectures. Participants included chemists, physicists, biologists, medical scientists and technologists from 10 countries. Over 30 top-level researchers in the field were selected as invited lecturers.

Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine contains the most updated data and overviews in the areas of hardware development, pulse sequence, MRA, fMRI, Diffusion/Perfusion, MRS and Applications (abdomen, pelvis, thorax, heart) and fast and ultrafast MRIs. Main features of this book include a reference guide charting the evolution of medical imaging toward the 21th century in various fields, and a good survey of fast and ultrafast MRI techniques. Topics cover all aspects of rapid imaging including technical issues, experimental applications and clinical applications. Issues involving problems encountered in technical, methodological and clinical areas are also discussed.

Rapid imaging is a highly notable topic in bio-medical research and in clinical medicine today. This book will be a helpful resource to everyone engaged in the research and application of Rapid MRI.

Audience
Professionals in the area of radiology, cardiology, neurology, pediatrics, physiology, biochemistry & neuroscience

Contents


Hardware/Microimaging.
Gradient hardware considerations for fast MRI (F. Schmitt). Impedance mapping using a third 'Bc' coil (Y. Yukawa et al.). In vivo MR microscopy in humans (F.W. Wehrli, H.K. Song). In vivo NMR spectroscopy of humans at high fields (R. Gruetter, K. Ugurbil).

Pulse Sequence.
Overview of rapid MRI techniques (J. Hennig). Three dimensional gradient echo imaging (E.M. Haacke et al.). Burst Imaging (J.H.Duyn). GRASE Imaging (D.A. Feinberg). Virtues and problems of burst imaging (L. Zha, W. Zhang, D. Kramer).

Data Processing.
Data processing of Fast time series of MRI images (R. Turner). Fast MRI methods; data analysis (H. Fischer, J. Hennig). Ultra-fast reconstruction of MR images using the optical computation in the phase scrambled Fourier imaging technique (N. Kanzaki et al.). Normal in-plane respiratory motion of the bilateral hemidiaphragms evaluated by sequentially-subtracted fast MR images (T. Iwasawa et al.). Dielectric oscillations of water dipoles at the Larmor frequency (N. Iriguchi, Y. Yukawa, S. Ueno).

Realtime Imaging.
Real-time MRI using gradient echoes (S.J. Riederer et al.). Interactive real-time MR on a standard scanner: requirements and clinical applications (J.J. van Vaals et al.). Real-time interactive MRI for cardiac appliances (J. Pauly et al.).

MRA.
Comparison between magnitude subtraction vs complex subtraction in dynamic contrast enhanced 3D-MR angiography: Basic experiments and clinical application (S. Naganawa et al.). Three-dimensional imaging of superficial cerebral vein and brain surface with 3D phase contrast MR angiography (H. Miki et al.). Clinical usefulness of contrast enhanced 3D-MR angiography using automated stepping table method (H. Kubo et al.). MR DSA (2D thick slice MR digital subtraction angiography) (M. Hori et al.). Flow assessment of aortic dissection using ultrafast MR imaging (T. Nitatori et al.).

Functional MRI.
High Temporal Resolution Event Related fMRI (K.K. Kwong et al.). Event-related fMRI with single mechanical pain (N. Tanaka, R.S.J. Frackowiak). Clinical application of functional MR imaging - Identification of the central sulcus (M. Fukunaga et al.). Functional MR BOLD signal changes: evaluation of the intravascular and extravascular contribution (N. Fujita et al.). Evaluation for the effectiveness of thyrotropin releasing hormone in the spinocerebellar degeneration patients using functional MRI (T. Taoka et al.). Amygdala responses during unconscious learning measured with event-related fMRI (J.S. Morris, R.J. Dolan). Cerebral lateralization of the human color center as revealed by functional MRI (T. Nakajima, Y.Kobayashi, N. Fukuhara).

Diffusion/Perfusion.
Fast MRI application: diffusion and perfusion imaging of the brain; overview and recent work (P.C.M. van Zijl et al.). Methods: perfusion imaging by arterial spin labeling (D.C. Alsop, J.A. Detre). Can diffusion-weighted and perfusion-weighted echo planar imaging provide any information about reversibility in ischemic damage? (T. Ebisu et al.). Brain axonal projection reconstruction by rapid 3D diffusion tensor imaging (R. Xue, P.C.M. van Zijl, S. Mori). The relationship between decreased apparent diffusion coefficient of water and increased lactate during acute focal ischemia in the rat studied by proton echo planar spectroscopic imaging and diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging (T. Takegami et al.). Single-shot echo planar diffusion-weighted MRI of hyperacute cerebral ischemia: characterizing clinical impact and limitations (H. Shimizu et al.). Diffusion-weighted EPI and 1H echo planar spectroscopic imaging studies of rat transient middle cerebral artery occlusion model (S. Morikawa, T. Inubushi H. Ishii). Usefulness and limitation of diffusion weighted image and perfusion image by EPI in super acute ischemic stroke and brain tumor (F. Ikawa et al.). Diffusion abnormality of the temporal lobe in Alzheimer's disease and age-associated memory impairment (H. Hanyu et al.). Cerebrovascular response after acetazolamide (ACZ) administration evaluated by T2*-weighted echo plannar imaging (EPI) (Y. Ono et al.). Quantitative measurement of vascular permeability of brain tumors by double echo dynamic MRI (H. Uematsu et al.).

Hyperpolarized Gas Imaging.
Hyperpolarized 3He as a contrast material for rapid MRI of the lung (B. Saam et al.). Fast dynamic MRI using hyperpolarized noble gases (M.S. Albert, L. Zhao, L.P. Panych).

Spectroscopy.
Methods and applications of high-speed MR spectroscopy (A.A. Maudsley). Feasibility of using echo planar spectroscopic imaging (EPSI) for 3 dimensional 1H metabolic imaging in the human brain (T. Kimura et al.). Fast lactate-discriminating spectroscopic imaging using J-coupling in lactate and the broad spectral bandwidth of lipid (Y. Bito et al.). 31P NMR studies of phosphate metabolism in the ovulatory process induced by gonadotropins in perfused rabbit ovary (K. Tanaka et al.).19F chemical shift selective fast spin echo for metabolic mapping - characteristic tumor diagnosis by fluorinated hexoses - (Y. Kanazawa, M. Narazaki). Hemodynamic and metabolic changes of acute cerebral infarction evaluated by flow-sensitive alternating IR (FAIR) image and spectroscopic imaging (CSI) and comparison with dynamic cerebral perfusion SPECT (M. Harada et al.).

Temperature Measurements.
Towards real-time control of local hyperthermia based on fast MR temperature mapping (C.T.W. Moonen et al.). Investigations of artifact from temperature-sensitive magnetic materials and coil for thermometry using MRI (K. Yamaguchi, Y. Kamimura, Y. Yamada). Feasibility of non-invasive temperature monitoring for RF interstitial hyperthermia using an 0.2-T open MR-apparatus (N. Uchida et al.). Internally-referenced temperature mapping method based on EPSI (K. Kuroda et al.).

Interventional MRI (IVMRI).
The Future of Interventional and Intraoperative MRI (F.A. Jolesc, B.L. Holman).

Cardiovascular System.
High speed cardiac MRI (R.S. Balaban et al.). Evaluation of left ventricular regional wall motion by means of myocardial tagging in apical hypertrophy (M. Tsukamoto et al.).

Thorax and Abdomen.
Clinical applications of ultrafast MR imaging in the Pelvis (E.K. Outwater). Fast MR imaging of the lung (H. Hatabu). The interactions of abnormal regional respiratory mechanics and lung ventilation in pulmonary emphysema (K. Suga et al.). Early clinical experience with MR lung perfusion imaging in patients with pulmonary emphysema (I. Togami). Usefulness of 3D subtraction MR portography for portal hypertension (S. Kitano et al.).

Index of authors.


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Hardbound, 370 pages, publication date: DEC-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-50280-3
ISBN-10: 0-444-50280-7
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