Ferenc Jolesz First Monday Research Seminars
The Department of Radiology holds a monthly Ferenc Jolesz Seminar series presented by Harvard Medical School investigators, as well as speakers from other institutions, on a wide range of topics related to image-guided therapy. These seminars honor the late FERENC JOLESZ, MD who founded the multidisciplinary image-guided therapy program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is widely known as a founding father of the field of image-guided therapy.
Fan Zhang, PhD: Computational Diffusion MRI Analysis Using Deep Learning
Fan Zhang, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Diffusion MRI is an advanced imaging technique that measures the random molecular motion or diffusion of water molecules. It enables estimation of the underlying…
Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD and Raphael Cohen: Jump-Starting AI Research in Emergency Radiology: Challenges and Solutions
Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD Division Chief, Emergency Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Raphael Cohen Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Emergency Radiology and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Aaron Sodickson, MD, PhD, FASER is Associate Professor of Radiology…
Guigen Liu, PhD: Development of a Two-Photon Microimaging-Microdevice System for Four-Dimensional Imaging of Drug Delivery in Vivo
Guigen Liu, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Individualized treatment of cancers and many other complex diseases is still a challenge because of the lack of clinically reliable information that uncovers the…
Holden Wu, PhD: Computer-Aided and Robotic Methods for MRI-Guided Percutaneous Interventions
Holden Wu, PhD Associate Professor of Radiological Sciences and Bioengineering Department of Radiological Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has unique advantages for guiding percutaneous interventions, including exquisite soft-tissue contrast,…
Kishore Rajendran, PhD: Photon-counting-detector CT: Fundamentals, Technical Evaluation, and Clinical Applications
Kishore Rajendran, PhD Associate Consultant, Radiology Research Assistant Professor of Radiology CT Clinical Innovation Center Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Abstract Photon-counting-detector (PCD) CT system has been recently introduced for clinical use. In this talk, the fundamental detection mechanism of PCDs…
Michael Jerosch-Herold, PhD: Myocardial Tissue Characterization by Magnetic Resonance T1 Mapping
Michael Jerosch-Herold, PhD Director of Cardiac Imaging Physics Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Myocardial T1 mapping provides novel biomarkers of adverse myocardial tissue remodeling that have proven valuable for risk stratification. Most applications…
Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH: Molecular Imaging of Light Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis
Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH Director of Nuclear Cardiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Abstract Systemic amyloidoses are heterogeneous group of protein misfolding disorders where misfiled proteins form amyloid fibrils which deposit in the various organs…
Robert Mulkern, PhD: A T2 Trajectory – with and without Ferenc
Robert Mulkern, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract The Brigham was a hot bed of magnetic resonance activity in the 1980’s with proton relaxation measurements of tissues playing an important role…
Sanghoon Kim, MD: Introduction to 7T MR Sodium Imaging at BWH
Sanghoon Kim, MD Research Fellow (T32) Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Sodium is one of the essential components of in-vivo cellular homeostasis. This implies that small concentration changes due to various disease processes can…
Viviany R. Taqueti, MD, MPH: Quantitative PET-CT Imaging for Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction
Viviany R. Taqueti, MD, MPH Director, Cardiac Stress Laboratory Assistant Professor of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Conventional approaches to diagnostic testing in stable ischemic heart disease (IHD), designed primarily for the identification of obstructive coronary…
Bharti Khurana, MD: Making the “Invisible” Visible: Transforming the detection of Intimate Partner Violence
Bharti Khurana, MD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Director, Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center Abstract Early diagnosis of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) represents a critical unmet medical and social need.…
Pietro Nardelli, PhD: Deep Learning for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Pietro Nardelli, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) is a term used to indicate any condition that affects the blood vessels along the route between the heart…