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Dear Colleagues,<br><br>
The G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory and the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science would like to invite you to
the next seminar in our series on Modern Optics and
Spectroscopy.<br><br>
Date &
Time:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Tuesday,
October 19, 12 noon - 1 PM<br>
Location:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Grier
Room (34-401)<br>
Speaker:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><b>Elfar
Adalsteinsson</b>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Title:
<x-tab> </x-tab><i>Magnetic
resonance spectroscopic imaging: Spatial encoding and applications to
disease<br><br>
</i>Refreshments will be served following the talk.<br><br>
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Abstract:<br>
<b>Elfar Adalsteinsson</b>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
<i>Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging: Spatial encoding and
applications to disease<br>
</i>The goal of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging is to map
the spatial distribution of MR-detectable biochemicals in vivo. We
describe how time-varying readout gradients can be used to overcome
limits on conventional spectroscopic imaging due to the conventional
method of spatial encoding. Studies of Alzheimer's disease and multiple
sclerosis using these methods with large-volume brain imaging will be
presented.<br><br>
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Vinnie Russo * vrusso@mit.edu * Office Manager<br>
MIT; G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory<br>
77 Mass. Ave., 6-014 * Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
(v) 617-253-9774 * (f) 617-253-4513</body>
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