1. Water
Proton
Proton
Fat

2. Medical Center Research and Graduate Studies
MRISC Organizational Chart
Medical Center Research and Graduate Studies
Dr. Delwood Collins
College of Medicine
Dr. Jay Perman
Director
Dr. Charlie Smith
Administrative Staff
Officer
Nancy Bailey
MR Physicist
David Powell, Ph.D.
Radiology
Technologist
Agnes Bognar
MR Postdoc
Liang Xuan, Ph.D.
Faculty Support
(Primary in Academic Depts)
Anders Andersen, Ph.D.
Anatomy & Neurobiology
Peter Hardy, Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineering
MRISC Users

3. MRISC Staff and Faculty
Peter
Hardy
Dave
Powell
Agnes
Bognar
Charlie
Smith
Peter
Hardy
Nancy
Bailey

4. A taste: Images from research collaborations
Confrontation naming
(Smith fMRI)
Finger Tapping
(Young fMRI pre-op on 3T Trio)
Segmentation + perfusion
(Pettigrew)
Fiber Tracking
N-back memory
(Kelly fMRI)
fl3d TSE hyperecho
(Bada newborn on 3T Trio)
Angry faces Happy faces
(Blonder fMRI)
Bioabsorbable Screw
(Johnson/Holtzhauer)
MR elastography
(Hardy)
Naming fMRI
(RSNA 1995)
Spectroscopy – tumor evaluation

5. Suffocate or Frostbite
1 Tesla Magnet
B = I * N
N = 6,000 windings
27km length
Super conductor
I = 300 Amps B
Metal projectile
Suffocate or Frostbite
cryogens
1) Align protons

6. Metal projectile SuperConducting Wires & Liquid Helium
1) Align protons

7. On even when not scanning
Metal projectile
Body Coil
Vision
250 Amps
600 Volts
25 mT/m
On even when not scanning
(shimming)
Electrocution
(touch equipment)
Conduction burns
(wearing necklace)
2) Spatial location
of protons

8. Electrocution Conduction Burns Metal projectile (touch equipment)
(wearing necklace)
Metal projectile
Body Coil
2) Spatial location
of protons

9. Metal projectile Electrocution Conduction Burns SAR (touch equipment)
(wearing necklace)
SAR
Specific absorption rate
(heating patient)
Head Coil
3) Excite and Listen
to protons

10. NEXT WEEK

12. After Protons are excited (pretend no T2)
Simple Body Coil