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2007
Wu, Y.-J.L., Ye, Q., Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Shirwan, H., and Ho, C. "Could Macrophage Infiltration be an Early Marker for Graft Coronary Arterty Disease (GCAD)? Single Macrophages Detected with In Vivo MRI in a Genetic Mis-Matched Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection Transplantation Model", poster presentation at the Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Meeting, Rome, Italy, February 2-4, 2007.

Ho, C. (2007), "Recent Cellular Imaging Studies by Using Nano-sized Iron Oxidce Particles: A New Non-invasive Approach to Detect Cardiac Transplant Rejection by MRI", an invited plenary lecture, Keystone Symposia on Imaging Immune Responses, February 25-March 2, 2007, Keystone, CO, Abstract Book, p. 46.

Foley, L.M., Kochanek, P.M., Feldman, K., Hitchens, T.K., Melick, J., and Ho, C. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Macrophage Accumulation in Mouse Brain After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury: A preliminary report", oral presentation at the 36th Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, February 16-21, 2007.

Dennis, A.M., Hasselkorn, L., Foley, L.M., Garman, R., Jenkins, L.W., Hitchens, T.K., Clark, R.S., Ho, C., Bayir, H., Kochanek, P.M. "Effect of Hemorhagic Shock on Neuronal Death and Cerebral Blood Flow After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment", oral presentation at the 36th Society of Critical Care Medicine, Orlando, FL, February 16-21, 2007.

Ye, Q., Wu, Y.-J.L., Wu, Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Shirwan, H., Ho, C. "Longitudinal Tracking of Recipient Macrophages in Chronic Cardiac Rejection with Non-Invasive In Vivo MRI Using Micrometer-Sized Paramagnetic Iron Oxide (MPIO)", (abstract #1212) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Srinivas, M., Morel, P.A., Ernst, L.A., Janjic, J., Kadayakkara, D., Laidlaw, D.H., Ahrens, E.T. "Fluorine-19 MRI for Visualization and Quantification of Cell Migration in a Diabetes Model", (abstract #1201) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Mills, P.H., Wu, Y.L., Ho, C., Ahrens, E.T. "Sensitive and Automated Detection of Iron-Labeled Cells Using Phase Image Cross-Correlation Analysis", (abstract #238) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Xu, D., King, K.F., Zhu, Y., McKinnon, G., Liang, Z.-P. ,"Multidimensional Arbitrary-Flip-Angle Parallel Transmit Pulse Design Using an Optimal Control Approach," (abstract #1696) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Xu, D., King, K.F., Zhu, Y., McKinnon, G., Liang, Z.-P., "Design of Linear Class Large-Tip-Angle Multidimensional RF Pulses for Parallel Transmit," (abstract #1697) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Xu, D., King, K.F., McKinnon, G., Liang, Z.-P., "Reducing B1 Inhomogeneity Using Optimized Parallel Transmit Pulses," (abstract #1700) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Xu, D., King, K.F., Liang, Z.-P., "Variable Slew Rate Spiral Design for Local SAR Reduction in 2D RF Pulse Design," (abstract #1712) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Haldar, J.P., Hernando, D., Sutton, B., Liang, Z,-P., "Data Acquisition Considerations for Compressed Sensing in MRI," (abstract #829) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Haldar, J.P., Hernando, D., Budde, M.D., Wang, Q., Song, S.-K., Liang, Z,-P., "High-Resolution Spectroscopic Imaging with Statistical Reconstruction," (abstract #1231) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Haldar, J.P., Hernando, D., Liang, Z.-P., "Estimation of Compartmental Signals from Limited Fourier Samples," (abstract #1910) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Hernando, D., Haldar, J., Sutton, B., Liang, Z.-P., "Removal of Lipid Nuisance Signals in MRSI Using Spatial-Spectral Constraints," (abstract #1244) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Hernando, D., Haldar, J., Ma, J., Liang, Z.-P., ""A Linear Prediction Approach to Joint Estimation of Water/Fat Images and Field Inhomogeneity Map," (abstract #1629) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Foley, L.M., Dennis, A.M., Hitchens, T.K., Kochanek, P.M., Melick, J., Ho, C. "ASL-MRI Assessment of the Effect of Hemorrhagic Shock on Cerebral Blood Flow Following Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury", (abstract #2373) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Kochanek, P.M., Melick, J., Ho, C. "Effect of iNOS on Cerebral Blood Flow After Head Trauma", (abstract #2374) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Foley, L.M., Manole, M., Hitchens, T.K., Alexander, H., Ho, C., Kochanek, P.M., Clark, R.S. "MRI Assessment of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow After Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest in Immature Animals", (abstract #2381) presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 19-25, 2007.

Wu, Y.J.-L, Ye, Q., Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., and Ho, C., "A New Non-Invasive Approach to Detect Heart Transplant Rejection by MRI", poster at the NCRR P41 Directors Meeting, Bethesda, MD, June 18-20, 2007.

Kochanek, P.M., Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Dennis, A.M., Manole, M., Clark, R.S.B, Hayir, H., and Ho, C., "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications to Resuscitation Research", poster presentation for the 2007 Principal Investigator Meeting of the NCRR Division of Biomedical Technology and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Biotechnology Resource Centers, Bethesda, MD, June 19, 2007.

Foley, L.M., Kochanek, P.M., Feldman, K., Hitchens, T.K., Melick, J., and Ho, C. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Macrophage Accumulation in a Mouse Brain After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Report", poster presentation at the 25th Annual National Neurotrauma Society, Kansas City, MO, July 29 - August 1, 2007.

Dennis, A.M., Hasselkorn, L., Foley, L.M., Garman, R., Jenkins, L.W., Hitchens, T.K., Clark, R.S., Ho, C., Bayir, H., Kochanek, P.M. "Effect of Hemorhagic Shock on Neuronal Death and Cerebral Blood Flow After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment", poster presentation at the 25th Annual National Neurotrauma Society, Kansas City, MO, July 29 - August 1, 2007.

Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Melick, J., Bayir, H., Ho, C., and Kochanek, P.M. "Effect of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase on Cerebral Blood Flow Following Head Trauma", oral presentation at the 25th Annual National Neurotrauma Society, Kansas City, MO, July 29 - August 1, 2007.

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2006
Wu, Y-J.L., Ye, Q., Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., and Ho, C. "The Acute Allograft Rejection is Heterogeneous: Non-Invasive Imaging of Pericardium-to-Endocardium Progression of Macrophage Infiltration with MRI," oral presentation at the Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance meeting, Miami, FL, January 20-22, 2006.

Kaufman, J.A., Ahrens, E.T., Laidlaw, D.H., Zhang, S., and Allman, J.M., "Multi-Modal Analysis of an Aye-Aye Brain Combining Histology, Structural MRI, and Diffusion-Tensor Imaging (DTI)", presented at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Philadelphia, PA, March 27-April 1, 2006.

Chang, H-H., Moura, J.M.F., Wu, Y-L., and Ho, C. "Early Detection of Rejection in Cardiac MRI: A Spectral Graph Approach" poster presentation at the IEEE International Symposium on Bioimaging, Arlington, VA, April 6-9, 2006.

Chang, H-H., Moura, J.M.F., Wu, Y-J.L., and Ho, C. "A Mutual Information Approach to Automatic Detection of Heart Rejection in MRI", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Mills, P.H., and Ahrens, E.T. "Modeling MRI Contrast Enhancement with Exogenous T2 Agents", poster presentation at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Xu, D., Wu, Y-J L., Hitchens, K.T., Ho, C., and Liang, Z.P. "High-Resolution Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion", oral presentation at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Xu, D., King, K.F., and Liang, Z.P. "Improving ktSENSE by Adaptively Selecting the Regularization Image", presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Xu, D., Ying, L., and Liang, Z.P. "A Spatiotemporal Model-Based Method for Dynamic Imaging Using Phased Array Coils", presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Foley, L., Hitchens, K.T., Kochanek, P., Melick, J., and Ho, C., "Visualization of Phagocytic Cells in a Mouse Brain After Traumatic Brain Injury with Micron-Sized Iron-Oxide Particles: A Preliminary Report", oral presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Kochanek, P., Ho, C., Foley, L., Hitchens, T.K., Melick, J., "Timecourse of Early CBF Changes After Controlled Cortical Impact in Mice", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Ho, C., Fellow-Mayle, W., Horner, J., Losee, J., Siegel, M., Mooney, M., "Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow in Craniosynostotic Rabbits Using ASL-MRI", oral presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Sengar, R.S., Griffin, P., Steed, D., Yang, T., Villa, L., Chambers, W., Wiener, E.C., "Monitoring of Cellular Uptake of gadolinium by Dendritic Cells Useful for Tracking the Cell Trafficking in Tumor Using MRI", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Seattle, WA, May 6-12, 2006.

Smith D.M., Fellows-Mayle W., Foley L.M., Hitchens T.K., Horner J.A., Barbano T., Losee J.E., Losken H.W., Siegel M.I., Mooney M.P. "Cerebral Blood Flow in Craniosynostotic Rabbits", presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC), Dana Point, CA , May 17-20, 2006.

Huang Z., Sengar R.S., Nigam, A., and Wiener, E.C., "A New Platform for Ratiometric Imaging with MRI", to be presented at New Developments in Contrast Agent Research, 10th Bi-annual Conference on Molecular Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Intermodality Contrast Agent Research, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 14-16, 2006.

Ahrens, E.T., Srinivas, M., Ernst, L., Morel, P. "Visualization and Quantification of Immune Cell Trafficking In Vivo Using Fluorocarbon-Labeled Immune Cells and 19F MRI", Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging, August 30-September 2, 2006.

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2005
Wu, Y-L., Sato, K., Williams, J.B., Hitchens, T.K., Chang, C-C., Moura, J.M.F., and Ho, C., "Non-invasive In Vivo Histology Visualizing Single Immune Cells in Acute Allograft Rejection after Heterotopic Heart Transplantation with Micrometer-sized Iron Oxide Containing Particles", oral presentation at the Eighth Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, January 21 - 23, 2005.

Wu, Y-L., Foley, L.M., Sato, K., Ye, Q., Williams, J.M., Hitchens, T.K., and Ho, C. Non-Invasive In-Vivo Imaging of Single Immune Cells in Acute Allograft Rejection After Heterotopic Lung Transplantation in RatsÓ, oral presentation at the American Heart Fellows Day, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2005.

Ahrens, E.T. "A Novel MRI Transgene Reporter for In Vivo Neuroimaging", poster presented at the meeting on Imaging Neurons & Neural Activity: New Methods, New Results meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, March 10-13, 2005.

Ahrens, E.T., Capuano, S., Hitchens, T.K., Wislo, V.M., Schatten, G.P. "Longitudinal In Vivo MRI Studies of the Developing Rhesus Macaque Fetus", poster presented at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Foley, L.M., Hitchens, T.K., Kochanek, P.M., Melick, J.A., Jackson, E.K. and Ho, C. "Murine Orthostatic Response During Prolonged Vertical Studies: Effect on Cerebral Blood Flow Measured by Arterial Spin-Labeled MRI", poster presented at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Wislow, V.M., Ahrens, E.T., Muzio, V., Greco, B., Zaratin, P.F. "Quantitative Analysis of Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis in Rat Using 3D MR Microscopy", poster presented at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Ahrens, E.T., Genove, G., Robison, C.S. "New MRI Reporter for Visualizing Transgene Expression In Vivo", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Chang, H-H., Moura, J.M., Wu, Y-L., and Ho, C. "3-D Dense Cardiac Strain Reconstruction for Tagged MR Data Set", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Williams, J.B., Tang, B., Ye, Q. and Ho, C. "In-Vitro and In-Vivo Cellular Imaging Using Micrometer-sized Iron Particles", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Wu, Y-L., Foley, L.M., Williams, J.B. Ye Q., Horner, J.A., Hitchens, T.K., and Ho, C. "Non-Invasive Direct In-Vivo Imaging of Single Immune Cells in Acute Allograft Rejection After Heterotopic Heart and Lung Transplantation in Rats", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Xu, D., Ying, L., Jacob, M. and Liang, Z.-P., "Optimizing SENSE for Dynamic Imaging", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Xu, D., Jacob, M., and Liang, Z.-P., "Optimal Sampling of k-space with Cartesian Grids for Parallel MR Imaging", poster presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting, Miami, FL, May 7-13, 2005.

Sengar, R.S., Steed, D.P., Griffin, P., Spoukaskiene, L., Yang, T., Chambers, W.H., and Wiener, E.C., "Gadolinium-Based Labeling of Dendritic Cells: Applications for Monitoring Cell Trafficking Using MRI", presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging, September 7-10, 2005, Cologne, Germany.

Sengar, R.S., Steed, D.P., Griffin, P., Spoukaskiene, L., Yang, T., Chambers, W.H., and Wiener, E.C., "Gadolinium-Based Labeling of Dendritic Cells: Applications for Monitoring Cell Trafficking Using MRI", presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTIC Conference, Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-18, 2005.

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2004
Wu, Y-J. L., Sato, Y., Sun, Y., Moura, J.M.D., and Ho, C., "Non-Invasive Early Detection of Acute Cardiac Allograft Rejection by MRI". Presented at the SCMR Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, February 2004.

Sato, K., Huang, M.Q., Williams, M., and Ho, C., "Two Novel Approach with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Used for the Detection of Lung Allograft Rejection by In-Vivo Cell Tracking and Dynamic Pulmonary Perfusion". Presented at the American Heart Association, Fellows Research Day, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2004.

Wu, Y-J.L., Sato, K., Williams, J., and Ho, C., "Novel Two-Pronged Approach for Non-Invasive Detection of Early Acute Allograft Rejection by In-Vivo Cell Tracking and Functional MRI". Presented at the American Heart Association, Fellows Research Day, Second Place Best Abstract, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2004.

Pluempitiwiriyawej, C., Moura, J.M.F., Wu, Y-J.L., Kanno, S., and Ho, C., "Automatic Segmentation for Cardiac MR Image Sequence". Poster presented at the Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, February 2004.

Pluempitiwirijywej, C., Moura, J.M.F, Wu, Y-J.L., and Ho, C., "Cardiac MR Image Segmentation: Quality Assessment of STACS". Poster presented at the International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Arlington, VA, April 2004.

Simplaceanu, V., "Backbone Dynamics of Tetrameric Human Normal Adult Hemoglobin in the CO Form Studied by 15N Relaxation". Poster presented at the 45th Meeting of Experimental Nuclear Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, April 2004. Sun, Y., Moura, J.M.F., and Ho, C., "Subpixel Registration in Renal Perfusion MR Image Sequence". Presented at the International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Arlington, VA, April 2004.

Liang, Z.-P., Ying, L., Xu, D., and Yuan, L., "Parallel Imaging: Some Signal Processing Issues and Solutions". Presented at the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Arlington, VA, Proceedings, 1204-1207, April 2004.

Chang, H.H., Moura, J.M.F., Wu, Y-J.L., Sato, K., and Ho, C.,"Reconstruction of 3D Dense Cardiac Motion from Tagged MR Sequences". Poster presented at the International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Washington, DC, April 2004.

Wu, Y.-J.L.. Sato, K., Sun, Y., Chang, H-H., Hitchens, T.K., Moura, J.M.F., and Ho C., "Non-Invasive Early Detection of Acute Cardiac Allograft Rejection by MRI in Rodent Model". Present at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, May 2004.

Ahrens, E.T., Allman, J.M., Bush, E., Laidlaw, D.H., Zhang, S., "Comparative Anatomy of the Prosimian Brain: DTI and Histological Studies". Presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Twelfth Scientific Meeting, Berkeley, CA, abstract #1055, May 2004.

Mooney, M.P., Fellows-Mayle, W., Hitchens, T.K., Horner, J., Simplaceanu, E., Barbano, T., Losen, H.W., Losee, J., Siegel, M.I., "The Relationships Between Intracranial Pressure, Brain Volume, and Lateral Ventricle Volume in Rabbits with Uncorrected Craniosynostosis". To be presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, June 9-12, 2004.

Xu, D., Ying, L., and Liang, Z.-P., "Parallel MR Imaging in the Presence of Large Uncertainty in Coil Sensitivity Functions: Effects, Remedies and Applications". Presented at the 26th Annual IntÕl Conf. IEEE Engineering Med. Biology Soc., San Francisco, Sept 1-4, 2004.

Xu, D., Ying, L., and Liang, Z.-P., "Parallel Generalized Series MRI: Algorithm and Application to Cancer Imaging". Presented at the 26th Annual IntÕl Conf. IEEE Engineering Med. Biology Soc., San Francisco, Sept 2004.

Ying, L., Xu, D., and Liang, Z.-P., "On Tikhonov Regularization for Image Reconstruction in Parallel MRI". Presented at the 26th Annual IntÕl Conf. IEEE Engineering Med. Biology Soc., San Francisco, Sept 2004.

Yuan, L., Ying, L., and Liang, Z.-P., "Truncation Effects in SENSE Reconstruction". Presented at the 26th Annual IntÕl Conf. IEEE Engineering Med. Biology Soc., San Francisco, Sept 2004.

Sun, Y., Jolly, M.P., and Moura, J.M.F., "Contrast-Invariant Registration of Cardiac and Renal MR Perfusion Images", MICCAIÕ04, 7th International Conference on Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Rennes, Saint-Malo, France, September 26-30, 2004.

Sun, Y., Jolly, M.P., and Moura, J.M.F., "Integrated Registration of Dynamic Renal Perfusion MR Images", ICIPÕ04, IEEE International Symposium on Image Processing, Singapore, October 24-27, 2004.

Haber, I., Friehs, I., Hitchens, T.K., and Ho, C., "Tagged MRI Reveals Global and Regional Mechanical Dysfunction Prior to Progression from Severe Hypertrophy to Left Ventricular Dilation". To be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2004.

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2003
Sun, Y., Moura, J.M.F.,Yang, D., Ye, Q., Ho, C., "Kidney Segmentation in MRI Sequences Using Temporal Dynamics", First IEEE International Symposium on Bioimaging, Washington, DC., July 2002. Sun, Y., Wu, Y-J.L., Sato, K., Moura, J.M.F., and Ho, C., "Dense Motion Estimation in Tagged MRI SequenceÓ, 11th International Society for Magnetic Resonance Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2003.

Huang, M.Q., Qing Y., and Ho, C., "Detecting Tumors in Mouse Lungs Using T2-Weighted MRI of Water-in-Perfluorocarbon Emulsions in Partial Liquid Ventilation",11th International Society for Magnetic Resonance Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2003. Sun, Y., and Pluempitiwirityawej, C., "Automatic Segmentation of Transplanted Organs in MR Image Sequences", Biomedical Engineering Launch, Carnegie Mellon University, September 17, 2003.

Pluempitiwirijywej, C., Moura, J.M.F., Wu, Y-J. L., and Ho, C., "STACS: New Active Contour Scheme for Cardiac MR Image Segmentation". Poster presented at the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, November 2003.

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2002
Yang, D., "Diffusion MR Imaging of the Normal and Transplanted Rat Kidney at 7-T", oral presentation at the Radiology Society of North America meeting, Chicago, IL, December 1-5, 2002.

Hendrich KS, Shore PM, Jackson EK, Melick JA, Janesko KL, Wisniewski SR, Clark RS, Williams DS, Ho C, and Kochanek PM, "Adenosine Receptor Agonists Increase Cerebral Perfusion: MRI Assessment in Normal and Traumatically Injured Rat Brain," Crit. Care Med. [suppl] 29(12), A22, Abstract #67 (2001). This abstract received the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Neuroscience Specialty Award, which was presented at the 31st Critical Care Congress, San Diego (2002).

Ho C,"Monitoring Immune Cell Movement In Vivo by MRI:  A Novel Approach to Detecting Graft Rejection Following Organ Transplantation", Symposium on Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, January 21-22, 2002, India.

Wu YJL,Kanno S, and Ho C, "Non-invasive Early Detection of Rejection for Transplanted Hearts with Multi-dimensional Cardiac MRI", a paper selected for presentation at the 2002 meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, January 23-26, 2002, Lake Buena Vista, FL, published in J. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4(1), abstract #106, 4-6.

Wu YJL,Kanno S, and Ho C, "Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension Changed Timing of Contraction but not Pumping Capacity of RV Hypertrophied Hearts " a Simultaneous Quantitative Analysis for LV and RV Hemodynamics with MRI", a poster presented at the 2002 meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, January 23-26, 2002, Lake Buena Vista, FL, published in J Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 4(1), abstract #202, 63-66.

Simplaceanu E, Willliams DS, Bennett DG, and Lowe IJ, "Half PCOS RF Coil for Imaging of Small Animals at 4.7 Tesla", a poster presentation at the 43rd Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Conference, April 2002, Asilomar, CA.

Yun H, Patton ME,Garrett Jr JH, Fedder GK, Frederick KM, Hsu JJ, Lowe IJ, Oppenheim IJ, and Sides P, "Developments in Chlorine Detection in Concrete Using NMR", SPIE"s 9th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, poster presentation March 2002, San Diego, California.

Hsu JJ, and Lowe IJ, "Time-saving T1-map Imaging", poster presentation at the 43rd Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Conference, April 2002, Asilomar, CA.

Yang D, Williams DS, Ye Q, and Ho C, "Diffusion MR Imaging of the Rat Kidney at 7T", an oral presentation at the 10th Intl Society of Magn. Reson. Med., May 2002, Honolulu, HI.

Huang MQ, Ye Q, and Ho, C "T2-Weighted MRI of Mouse Lungs Using Partial Liquid Ventilation with Water-in-Perfluorocarbon Emulsions", poster presentation at the 10th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2002, Honolulu, HI.

Ye Q, Yang D, Sun Y, Williams M, Tseng B, Moura JMF, and Ho C, "Reduction of Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Using Anti-Apoptosis Treatment with pan-Caspase Inhibitor, MX 112", American Transplant Congress, April 2002, Washington, DC.

Aoki I, Wu YJL, Silva AC, and Koretsky AP, "Cortical Layers Revealed by Manganese Resonance Imaging (MEMRI) in the Rat Brain after Systemic Administration", poster presentation at the 10th Intl Society of Magn. Reson. Med., May 2002, Honolulu, HI.

Sun Y, Moura JMF, Yang D, Ye Q, and Ho C, "Kidney Segmentation in MRI Sequences Using Temporal Dynamics", a paper presentation at the 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging:Macro to Nano, July 7-10, 2002, Washington, D.C.

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2001
Kaufman, C.L., Williams, M., Ryle, L.M., Ildstad,, S.T. and Ho, C. "Lineage specific maintenance of TAT-FITC labeled USPIO particles in culture", poster presentation at FASEB 2001 meeting, March 31-April 6, 2001, Orlando, FL.

Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Hu, T.C.-C., Billiar, T.R., and Lee, P. "Myocardial assessment by MRI in murine heterotopic heart transplant models", post presentation at FASEB 2001 meeting, March 31-April 6, 2001, Orlando, FL.

Kanno, S., Lee, P.C., Dodd, S.J., Williams, M., Griffith, B.P., and Ho, C. "A novel approach with magnetic resonance imaging used for the detection of lung allograft rejection", presented at the 101st Annual Congress of the Japan Surgical Society, April 11-13, Sendai, Japan.

Ahrens, E.T., Dubowitz, D., and Laidlaw, D. "fMRI in mouse at 11.7 tesla", poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. abstract #1331.

Hu, T.C.-C., MacGowan, G.A., Du, C.-W., and Koretsky, A.P. "Faster left ventricular relaxation in mouse hearts missing muscle and mitochondrial creatine kinase", poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. abstract #1831.

Sun, Y., Yang, D., Ye Q., Ho C., and Moura J.M.F. "A novel approach in analyzing dynamic intrarenal signals using USPIO and MRI", poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #366.

Yang, D., Ye, Q., Williams, M., Hu ,T.C.C., Williams, D.S., and Ho, C. "USPIO-Enhanced dynamic MRI: evaluation of normal and transplanted rat kidneys", poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #872.

Ye, Q., Yang, D., Williams ,M., Williams, D.S., Pluempitiwiriyawe, C., Moura, J.M.F., and Ho, C. "In-vivo detection of acute rejection in rat renal allograft by MR imaging with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide", oral presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #361.

Williams, D.S., Ye, Q, Koretsky, A, and Ho, C. "Multislice perfusion MRI using arterial spin labeling: Controlling for MTC effects in adiabatic fast passage inversion using proximal slab selective saturation pulses", poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1558.

Williams, D.S., Kharlamov, A, Simplaceanu, E., and Jone, S.C. "Comparison of ADC, CBF, and T1 in arterial occulsive and photo-thrombotic stroke models, with microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP2) immunoreactivity to determine extent of ischemia. poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1461.

Wu , Y.-J. L., Kanno, S., and Ho, C. "Simultaneously quantitative analysis for right ventricular and left ventricular functions with MRI in a rat pulmonary hypertension model", poster presentation at the 9th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med Meeting, May 2001, Glasow, Scotland and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1891.

Ye, Q., Yang, D., Williams, M., Williams, D.S. Pluempitiwiriyawe, C., Moura ,J.M.F, and Ho C. "In-vivo detection of acute rejection in rat renal allograft by MR imaging with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide," presented at the American Society of Transplantation Meeting, Chicago, IL May 11-16, 2001.

Kochanek,, P.M., Hendrich,, K.S., Jackson, E.K., Melick,, J.A., Williams, D.S., and Ho C. "Adenosine Receptor Agonists Produce Enduring Increases in Cerebral Blood Flow in Rat Brain: Assessment by Arterial Spin-Labeled Magnetic Resonance Imaging," 31st Annual Meeting, Society Of Neuroscience, San Diego, Soc.Neurosci.Abstr.27: Program No.970.3 (2001).

Wu Y-J L, Kanno S, and Ho C, "A Novel Approach for Non-invasive Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection with Multi-dimensional Cardiac MRI", poster presentation at the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting, January 25-28, 2001, Atlanta, GA, published in J Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 3(2), 61-156.

Hsu JJ, and Lowe IJ, "Flow Velocity Measurement Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Grad Expo 2001, University of Pittsburgh, September 13, 2001.

Frederick M, Garrett, Jr JH, Hsu J-J, Wu YL, Lowe IJ, Oppenheim IJ, Patton ME, Sides P, Yun HA, and Fedder GK, "Scaling of Induction-detection and Force-detection NMR for Chlorine", ISMRM Workshop on Limits of Detection in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, June 23-26, 2001, University of California at Berkeley, CA.

Kochanek PM, Hendrich KS, Melick JA, Wisniewski SR, Ho C, Williams DS, Marion DW, and Jackson EK, "Adenosine‑Receptor Agonists Attenuate Posttraumatic Cerebral Hypoperfusion in Rats: Perfusion MRI Assessment," J. Neurotrauma 18(10): 1184, abstract #L3, 19th Annual Meeting, National Neurotrauma Society, November 9 and 10, 2001, San Diego, CA.

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2000
Wu, Y.-J. L., Kanno, S., and Ho, C. "A novel approach for non-invasive detection of cardiac allograft rejection with multi-dimensional cardiac MRI, poster presentation at the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting, January 25-28, 2000, Atlanta, GA.

Hendrich KS, Kochanek PM, Melick JA, Statler KD, Williams DS, Marion DW, and Ho C, "Characterization of Cerebral Blood Flow during Anesthesia with Fentanyl, Isoflurane, or Pentobarbital in Normal Rats," poster presentation at the 8th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med Meeting, May 2000, Denver, Colorado and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1277.

Hu TCC, Pautler RG, MacGowan GA, and Koretsky AP,"Manganese MRI Enhancement of the Mouse Heart During Dobutamine Inotropy, "poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000. Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #316.

Jones SC, Kharlamov A, Simplaceanu E, and Williams DS, "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Microtubule-associated Protein-2 (MAP2) Immunoreactivity (IR) in Arterial Occlusive and Thrombotic Stroke Models," presented at the Society of Neuroscience Meeting, 2000 and published in Soc Neurosc, abstract #26.

Pautler RG, and Koretsky AP, "Manganese Enhanced MRI (MRMRI) Neuronal Tract Tracing in Response to Odor Stimulation in Mice," poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000. Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #2014.

Dodd S, Williams DS, and Ho C, "Open Z-gradient Designs for Magnetic Resonance Imaging," poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000. Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1369.

Ho C, Zhang Y, Dodd SJ, Hendrich KS and Williams M, "MRI Detection of Macrophage Infiltration in Rat Renal Transplantation", poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000, Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #2053.

Hsu JJ and Lowe IJ, "The Time Origin of RUFIS Using a Stimulated Spin Echo", poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000, Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 8, 1502.

Hsu JJ and Lowe IJ, "Spatial Three Dimensional Imaging Using RUFIS", poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000, Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 8, 680.

Kanno S, Lee PC, Wu YJL, Dodd SJ, Williams M, Williams DS, Billiar TR, and Ho C, "A Novel Approach Using Magnetic Resonance Technique for the Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection", poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 1-7, 2000, Denver, Colorado, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1591.

Kanno S, Lee PC, Dodd SJ, Williams M, Griffth BP, and Ho C,"A Novel Approach Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Lung Allograft Rejection", a paper presented at the 80th Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, April 28-May 3, 2000, Toronto, Canada.

Wu YJL, Kanno S, Dodd SJ, Williams DS, and Ho C, "Early Detection of Mild Acute Rejection in Transplanted Hearts by Multi-dimensional Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging", poster presentation at the 8th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magn. Reson. Medicine, April 1-7, 2000, Denver, Colorado and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med., abstract #1590.

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1999
Barbier EL, Silva AC, Kim S-G, Sau J, Maket JJ, and Koretsky AP, "Simultaneous Measurement Of Perfusion And Vascular Blood Fraction Using Dynamic Arterial Spin Labeling (DASL)", poster presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Int. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 1744, 1999.

Dodd SJ, Namba R, Mergliano J, Minden JS, and Ho C, "MR Microscopy of Drosophila Embryos at 7T", poster presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. of Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 2123 (1999).

Dodd SJ, Williams M, Suhan JP, Williams DS, Koretsky AP, and Ho C, "MR Imaging of Electron Microscopy Samples Labeled with Iron Oxide Particles", poster presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 2126 (1999).

Hu C-C, and Koretsky AP, "Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging During Workload Transition in Mouse Heart Missing Muscle and Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase", poster presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 1274 (1999).

Kernec F, Calisti C, Hu T C-C, and Koretsky AP, "A Creatine Kinase Isoform Effect on Endotoxin Tolerance in Transgenic Mouse Liver", oral presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magn. Reson. Med., May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 113 (1999).

Pautler RG, and Koretsky AP, "Statistical Analysis of Contrast Enhanced MRI Data", poster presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. of Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 1199 (1999).

Pautler RG, Olson C, Williams DS, Ho C, and Koretsky AP, "Mn2+ Enhanced MRI (MEMRI) In Vivo Neuronal Tract Tracing in Mouse Mutants and Non-Human Primates", oral presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 448 (1999).

Hendrich KS, Kochanek PM, Williams DS, Schiding JK, and Ho C, "Effects of Anesthetic Agents on Cerebral Perfusion in Rats Studied by Arterial Spin-Labeled MRI", poster presentation at the 7th Intl. Society of Magnetic Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 874 (1999).

Robertson CL, Hendrich KS, Kochanek PM, Jackson EK, Melick JA, Graham SH, Marion DW, Williams DS, and Ho C,"Assessment of 2-Chloroadenosine Treatment after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury in the Rat Using Arterial Spin-Labeled MRI", poster presentation at the 7th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, May 1999, Philadelphia, PA, and published in Proc. Intl. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 7, 896 (1999).

Robertson C, Hendrich K, Kochanek P, Jackson E, Melick J, Williams D, Marion D, and Ho C, "Effect of 2-Chloroadenosine after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats", presented at the 11th Intl. Symposium Brain Oedema and Mechanisms of Cellular Injury Meeting, June 1999, Tyne, England, and published in National Neurotrauma Society, J. Neurotrauma 16 (10), 974, abstract #E3 (1999).

Adler S, Verbalis JG, Meyers S, Simplaceanu E, and Williams DS, "The Involvement of Nitric Oxide and Prostaglandins in the Increased Cerebral Blood Flow Following Hypertonic Sodium Infusion", Presented at the Soc Neuroscience Meeting, 1999.

Kochanek P, Clark R, Dixon CE, Whalen M, Carlos T, Jackson E, Hendrich K, Ho C, Graham S, DeKosky S, and D. Marion D, "What are the Key Mechanisms of Secondary Damage After Traumatic Brain Injury"," oral presentation at the 7th Vienna Shock Forum, 1999, Vienna, Austria, and published in the Supplement to Shock 12:5, abstract #16.

Kanno S, Lee PC, Zhang Y, Ho C, Griffith PC, Shears II LL and Billiar TR, "Superinduction of the Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and the Prevention of the Hyper-contractile Response in Early Reperfusion Period", a poster presented at the 72nd Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, November 7-10, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.

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1998
Talagala SL, Barbier E, Williams DS, Silva AC, and Koretsky AP, "Multi-Slice Perfusion MRI Using Continuous Arterial Water Labeling: Controlling for MT Effects with Simultaneous Proximal and Distal RF", 6th Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, April 18-24, 1998, Sydney, Australia.

Gach HM and Lowe IJ, "Analyzing Flow Emerging From a Stenosis Using RUFIS", 39th Experimental NMR Conference, March 22-27, 1998, Pacific Grove, CA.

Gach HM, Hsu JJ, and Lowe IJ, "Analysis of Curved Flow Using RUFIS", 39th Experimental NMR Conference, March 22-27, 1998, Pacific Grove, CA.

Gach HM, Hsu JJ, and Lowe IJ, "Imaging the Rat Thorax Using RUFIS", 39th Experimental NMR Conference, March 22-27, 1998, Pacific Grove, CA.

Kuethe DO, Caprihan A, Fukushima E, Gach HM, and Lowe IJ, "Is Imaging Lungs Using Inert Fluorinated Gases Useful to Medicine"", 39th Experimental NMR Conference, March 22-27, 1998, Pacific Grove, CA.

Barbier EL, Silva AC, Kim HJ, Williams DS, and Koretsky AP, "Dynamic Perfusion Analysis Based on Arterial Spin Labeling", Intl Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 18-24, 1998, Sydney, Australia.

Pautler RG, and Koretsky AP,"Delineation of the Distribution of the Murine Olfactory and Visual Pathways Utilizing Mn2+ Enhanced MRI Neuronal Tract Tracing", Intl Society of Magn. Reson. Med., April 18-24, 1998, Sydney, Australia.

Dodd ST, Silva AC, Williams DS, Olson CR, and Ho C, "An Open-Coil Design for Functional Imaging of the Primate Brain", Intl Society of Mag. Reson. Med., April 18-24, 1998, Sydney, Australia.

Dodd SJ, Williams M, Williams DS, Koretsky AP, and Ho C, "MRI Detection of Single T-Cells Labeled with SPIO Particles", Intl Society of Magn. Reson Med, April 18-24, 1998, Sydney, Australia.

Adelson PD, Hendrich K, Robichaud P, Williams DS, Ho C, and Kochanek PM, "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Immature Rats: A Preliminary Report", presented at the 16th Annual Natl. Neurotrauma Symposium, November 1998, Los Angelos, CA, and published in J Neurotrauma, 15, 853, abstract #3 (1998).

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1997
Slawson S, Roman BB, and Koretsky AP, "Cardiac MRI of the Normal and Hypertrophied Mouse Heart", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Gach HM, Lowe IJ, and Madio DP,"Velocity Mapping of Turbulent Flow Using RUFIS", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Pautler RG and Koretsky AP, "The Use of Mn2+ as a Neuronal Tract Tracer in the Murine Olfactory Pathway", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Hendrich K, Schiding J, Kochanek P, Whalen M, Williams D, and C Ho, "Sequential MRI Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow and Blood Brain Barrier Permeability Early after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Hendrich K, Schiding J, Kochanek P, Williams D, and C Ho,"The Influence of T1obs Heterogeneity on Perfusion Quantitation by Arterial Spin Labeling Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Wang JJ, Hendrich K, Jackson EK, Ildstad ST, Williams DS, and Ho C, "Quantitative MRI of Renal Perfusion in Transplanted Kidney in the Rat Using Spin Labeling of Arterial Water", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med, April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Kuethe DO, Caprihan A, Fukusima E, Waggoner RA, Gach HM, and Lowe IJ, "Imaging Lungs Using Inert Fluorinated Gases", Intl Society of Magnetic Reson Med., April 11-17, 1997, Vancouver, Canada.

Hendrich KS, Schiding JK, Kochanek PM, Whalen MJ, Williams DS, DeKosky ST, Graham SH, Marion DW, and Ho C, "Sequential MRI Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow and Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Early After Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats", 18th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, June 15-19, 1997, Baltimore, MD, and published in J. Cerebral Blood Flow and Metab. 17(1), S76, abstract #421 (1997).

Kochanek PM, Hendrich KS, Dixon CE, Schiding JK, Williams DS, DeKosky ST, Graham SH, Marion DW, and Ho C, "Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging at One Year After Controlled Cortical Impact in Rats", 15th Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, October, 1997, New Orleans, LA, and published in J. Neurotrauma, 14, 783, abstract #102 (1997).

Verbalis JG, Baker EA, Tian Y, and Adler S, "Immunocytochemical Evidence for Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption and Complement Activation in the Brain Following Rapid Correction of Hyponatremia in Rats", Society for Neuroscience, November 1997.

Kost CK, Li P, Williams DS, and Jackson, EK, "Renal Vascular Responses to Angiotensin II in Spontaneously Hypertensive (SHR) and Normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) Rats", 9th International Symposium on SHR and Cardiovascular Genetics, November 1997, Montreal, Canada.

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1996
Nemoto, E.M., Kofke, W.A., Williams, D.S., Rose, M., Rao, G.R., Simplaceanu, E., and Yonas, H. "A Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) in the Rat" 21st International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, January 25-27, 1996 in San Antonio, TX.

Jungreis, C., Nemoto, E.M., Yonas, H., Melick, J., Rao, G.R., Mintun, M., and Thulborn, K.,"Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism in a Monkey Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)", International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, January 25-27, 1996 in San Antonio, TX.

Nemoto, E.M., Mintun, M.A., Klementavicius, R., Sashin, D., Bloom, M., and Yonas, H."Functional and Basal Cerebral Metabolic Rate for Oxygen (CMRO2) in Monkeys", 21st International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, January 25-27, 1996 in San Antonio, TX.

Madio, D.P., Gach, H.M., and Lowe, I.J.,"Measurement of Flow Velocity in Turbulent Jets with RUFIS", presented at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Madio, D.P., Gach, H.M., and Lowe, I.J.,"Linear Least Squares Reconstruction of Missing Time Domain Data", Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Gach, H.M., Madio, D.P., and Lowe, I.J.,"A Programmable Pre-emphasis System", presented at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Hendrich, K., Forbes, M., Schiding, J., Williams, D., Kochanek, P., and Ho, C.,"Non-Invasive Quantitation of Cerebral Blood Flow and CO2 Reactivity in a Traumatic Brain Injury Model in the Rat using MR Imaging of Perfusion with Arterial Spin Labeling", Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Koretsky, A.P., LIn, Y.-J., Schorle, H., and Jaenisch, R.,"Genetic Control of MRI Contrast by Expression of the Transferrin Receptor", presented at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Lin, Y.-J., and Koretsky, A.P., "Influx During Brain Activation Requires Disruption of the Blood-Brain-Barrier", Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Koretsky, A.P.,"MRS of Transgenic Mice", invited plenary speaker at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Silva, A.C., Williams, D.S., and Koretsky, A.P.,"Evidence of Exchange of Arterial Spin Labeled Water with Tissue Water in Rat Brain from Diffusion Sensitized Measurements of Perfusion", presented at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Askenasy, N., and Koretsky, A.P.,"Creatine Reveals Creatine Kinase Isoenzyme Specific Effects During Regeneration of Transgenic Mouse Liver", presented at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Roman, B.B., and Koretsky, A.P.,"The Consequences of Switching Creatine Kinase Isoforms in Mouse Skeletal Muscle Reveals that BB-CK can Replace MM-CK", presented at Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Zha, L., and Lowe, I.J.,"Exact Simulation of Diffusion Effects in Multi-Pulse MR Experiments through Time Domain Filtering of Spatial Harmonics of Magnetization Distributions", Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, April 27-May 3, 1996, New York, NY.

Suminski, R., Robertson, R.J., Simplaceanu, E., Williams, D., Madio, D., Bennett, D., Ho, C., Goss, F.L., and Arslanian, S.,"Differences in Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics:A P-NMR Study", American Diabetes Assoc., June 8-11, 1996, San Francisco, CA.

S. Adler, J.G. Verbalis, D.S. Williams and A.J. Martinez,"Relationship Between Demyelination (DM) and Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Disruption Following Rapid Correction of Hyponatremia", Society for Neuroscience, November 16-21, 1996, Washington, D.C.

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1995
Forbes, M.L., Hendrich, K.S., Schiding, J.K., Williams, D.S., Ho, C., DeKosky, S.T., and Kochanek, P.M.,"Perfusion-Weighted MRI Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow and CO2 Reactivity After Controlled Cortical Impact in Rats", Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue , Pittsburgh, PA, August 23-27, 1995.

Madio, D.P., and Lowe, I.J., "Ultra-Fast Imaging Using Low Flip-Angles and FID's", Proc., Thirty-Sixth Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Boston, MA, (1995).

Kost, C.K. Jr., Li, P., Williams, D.S., and Jackson, E.K., "Quantitative Renal Perfusion Imaging in Conscious Rats by MRI:Responsiveness of Renal Vascular Resistance to Angiotensin II"Society of Magnetic Resonance, Third Scientific Meeting, Nice, France, August 19-25, 1995.

Silva, A.C., Zhang, W., Williams, D.S., and Koretsky, A.P.,"Non-invasive Measurement of the Integrity of the Blood-Brain Barrier Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Perfusion with Arterial Spin Labeling", Society of Magnetic Resonance, Third Scientific Meeting, Nice, France, August 19-25, 1995.

Roman, B.B. and Koretsky, A.P.,"Towards a Perfused Mouse Heart Preparation for 31P NMR Studies of Normal and Transgenic Hearts", Society of Magnetic Resonance, Third Scientific Meeting, Nice, France, August 19-25, 1995.

Lin, Y-J, Silva, A.C., and Koretsky, A.P.,"Alternation of Rat Brain MRI Signal During Glutamate Activation in the Presence of Manganese Ion: A Strategy for Directly Imaging Brain Activation", Society of Magnetic Resonance, Third Scientific Meeting, Nice, France, p. 161, August 19-25, 1995.

Nemoto, E., Williams, D.S., Kofke, W.A., Rose, M., and Yonas, H., "A Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) in the Rat", ASA Meeting, October 21-25, 1995, Atlanta, GA).

Forbes, M.L., Hendrich, K.S., Schiding, J.K., Williams, D.S., Ho, C., DeKosky, S.T., and Kochanek, P.M., "Perfusion Weighted MRI Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow and CO2 Reactivity After Controlled Cortical Impact in Rats", Neurotrama Society 13th Annual Meeting, Nov. 10-11, 1995, San Diego, CA.

Buenaventura, P., Cao-Danh, H., Glynn, P., Takeuchi, K., Takahashi, S., Simplaceanu, E., McGowan, F.X., and del Nido, P.J.,"Protein Kinase C. Activation in the Heart: Effects on Calcium and Contractile Proteins", VII Biennial Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, April 20-22, 1995, Boston, MA.

Madio, D.P., and Lowe, I.J.,"Imaging Turbulent Jets in a Stenotic Phantom with RUFIS", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Third Meeting, 420, 1995.

Leavitt, M.L., Acevedo, E.A., Acevedo, H.F., Krichevsky, A., Gorewit, R., and Maroon, J.C.,"Brain Glioma Treatment by Monoclonal Antibodies to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin", Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 21:2136, 1995. 25th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, on November 16, 1995 in San Diego, CA.

Forbes, M.L., Ho, C., Kochanek, P.M.,"Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging To Measure Cerebral Blood Flow, CO2 Responsivity and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity After Traumatic Brain Injury In Immature Rats", 1995. Yland, M.J., Todo, S., Nurase, N., Fujisaki, S., Tanaka, M., Williams, D.S., and Ho, C.,"NMR Evaluation of Hypothermic Perfusion Methods in the Rat", Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society in Honolulu, HI, March 1995.

Nemoto, E.M., Yonas, H., Kaufmann, A., Jungreis, C., and Klementavicius, R.,"Cerebrovascular Responses to Vasopressors Before and After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Assessed by XE/CT in Monkeys", SNACC Meeting , October 20, 1995, Atlanta, GA.

Nemoto, E.M., Williams, D.S., Kofke, W.A., Rose, and Yonas, H.,"A Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) in the Rat", ASA Meeting, October 21-25, 1995, Atlanta, GA.

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1994
Roman, B.B., Paganini, A.T., Foley, J.M., Meyer, R.A., and Koretsky, A.P.,"Functional and Energetic Effects of Increased Cretaine Kinase Activity on Transgenic Mouse Skeletal Muscle", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 1250 (1994).

Silva, A.C., Zhang, W., Williams, D.S., and Koretsky, A.P., "Measurements by Arterial Spin Labelling of the Effects of Cerebral Blood Flow on Water as a Freely Diffusable Perfusion Tracer",Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 280 (1994).

Talagala, S.L., Zha, L., and Lowe, I.J., "3D Volume Imaging Using Optimized Burst Pulses", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 790 (1994).

Williams, D.S., Detre, J.A., Zhang, W., Silva, A.C., and Koretsky, A.P., "A Survey of Labeling Strategies for Perfusion Imaging by Arterial Spin Labeling", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 2, 1004 (1994).

Yeh, T-C, Zhang, W., Ildstad, S.T., and Ho, C., "MR Cell Tracking in Rat of T-Cells Labeled with Superparamagnetic Iron-oxide Particles", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, p. 935 (1994).

Yeh, T-C., Zhang, W., and Ho, C., "A Two Compartment Model for Measurement of Renal Medullary Perfusion by Spin Inversion Method", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 413 (1994).

Zha., L., Silva, A.C., and Lowe, I.J., "Segmented Multi-Shot OUFIS Ultra-Fast Imaging", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 494 (1994).

Zha, L., and Lowe, I.J., "Exact Simulation of Multipulse MR Experiments through Frequency Domain Calculation at Limited Sampling Points", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol 1, p. 791 (1994).

Zha, L., Lian, J., and Lowe, I.J., "Homogenizing B1 Field RF Coils by Passive Shielding", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 1091 (1994).

Zhang, W., Kochanek, P.M., Styren, S., DeKosky, S., and Ho, C ., "Differentiation Between Tissue Edema and Infarct After Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats Using T2 and Perfusion MRI", Proc. Society of Magnetic Resonance Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 6-12, 1994, Vol. 1, 471 (1994).

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1993
Takeuchi, K., Cao-Dunh, H., Glynn, P., Simplaceanu, E., McGowan, F.X., and del Nido, P.J.,"Negative Inotropic and Metabolic Effect of the Nitric Oxide Precursor L-Arginine: Partial Prevention by Amiloride", Proceedings for the 49th Annual Sessions of the Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems 1993 Clinical Congress, October 10-15, 1993, San Francisco, CA.

Roman, B.B. and Koretsky, A.P.,"Towards a Perfused Mouse Heart Preparation for 31P NMR Studies of Normal and Transgenic Hearts", Twelfth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, August 14-20, 1993, New York, NY.

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