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.
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…
Haoyin Zhou, PhD: Laparoscopy Video-based Trackerless Surgical Navigation for Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery
Haoyin Zhou, PhD Instructor in Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract Minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) is the preferred treatment for liver tumors compared to traditional open surgery due to low blood loss, less…
Andriy Fedorov, PhD: NCI Imaging Data Commons
Andriy Fedorov, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Abstract National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) (https://datacommons.cancer.gov/) aims to establish a national cloud-based data science infrastructure. Imaging Data Commons…