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International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
"The Heidelberg Conference"

Meeting Statistics

 

1991
Heidelberg

1993
Heidelberg

1995
Würzburg

1997
Albuquerque

Participants

183

173

217

156

Countries

20

23

23

18

Educational Lectures

5

6

0

7

Session Lectures

51

69

52

63

Posters

51

64

96

60

 

The following tables list the Lecture Program of the

4th International Conference on
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (and Macroscopy)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sept. 20-25, 1997

Educational Sessions, 1997

Topic Speaker
Saturday, September 20, 1997  
Introduction to magnetic resonance Yang Xia
Introduction to magnetic resonance imaging Mark Haacke
Magnetic resonance microscopy Paul Callaghan
Magnetic resonance macroscopy Al Garroway
Sunday, September 21, 1997  
Introduction to electron spin imaging Larry Berliner
Flow and diffusion measurements Laurie Hall
Solids Imaging Dave Cory

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Scientific Oral Sessions (presented by 1st author), 1997

Lecture Title

Author(s)

Affiliation(s)

Sunday, September 21, 1997    
Opening Session Chair: E.R. Andrew  
Notes on gases, gimmicks, gels, and gestation. P. Lauterbur Univ. of Illinois, USA
     
Monday, September 22, 1997    
Session #2: Biology I Chair: M. Haacke  
Chemical Shift Microscopy.
(Siemens AG Lecture)
M. von Kienlin, A. Haase Univ. of Würzburg, Germany
Mapping T1 and T2 anisotropy in cartilage by microscopic MRI (µMRI) at 14-µm pixel resolution. Y. Xia Oakland University, USA
A novel algorithm for tumor characterization by analysis of transversal relaxation rate distributions in MRI. M. Martin-Landrove, R. Martin Universidad Central de Venezuela
Imaging growth changes in plants during osmotic stress. L. van der Weerd, T. Ruttink, D. van Dusschoten, F. Vergeldt, P. A. de Jager, H. Van As Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands
     
Session #3: Solids I Chair: R. Botto  
NMR microscopy and pure NQR imaging. D.G. Cory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Magic-echo imaging of polymer materials. S. Hafner, B. Traub, H.-W. Spiess MPI f. Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany
Proton-detected 13C magnetic resonance imaging. R. Kimmich Univ. of Ulm, Germany
     
Session #4: Techniques Chair: A. Haase  
MRI and fMRI using intermolecular zero-quantum coherences in solution. W.S. Warren Princeton University
NMR microscopy in liquids using the dipolar field. R. Bowtell, P. Robyr University of Nottingham, UK; ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The NMR-MOUSE: NMR relaxation measurements on soft matter in inhomogeneous fields. G. Zimmer, A. Guthausen, P. Blümler, B. Blümich RWTH Aachen, Germany
Rotating-Frame NQR Imaging. H. Robert, D. Pusiol Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Spin-echo in the presence of strong gradient field. G. Planinsic, M. Symms University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Institute of Neurology, London, UK
     
Session #5: Electrons Chair: L. J. Berliner  
Frequency dependence of EPR sensitivity. G.R. Eaton, S.S. Eaton,, G.A. Rinard Univ. of Denver, USA
Electron spin resonance imaging (ESRI) of transport processes in polymers. S. Schlick Univ. of Detroit Mercy, USA
Electron paramagnetic resonance imaging of the heart. J.L. Zweier, M. Chzhan, A. Samouilov, P. Kuppusamy Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
Microscopic characterization of magnetic materials using magnetic resonance force microscopy. P.C. Hammel1, Z. Zhang1, M. Midzor2, M.L. Roukes2, J.L. Childress3 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2California Institute of Technology, 3Univ. of Florida; USA
     
Tuesday, September 23, 1997    
Session #6: Macroscopy I Chair: A. N. Garroway  
NMR measurements of crude oils in subsurface earth formations. R.L. Kleinberg Schlumberger-Doll Research, USA
Industrial applications of MR. A. De Los Santos, J.D. King Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
Several NDE applications of NMR. L.J. Burnett Quantum Magnetics Inc., San Diego, USA
     
Session #7: Biology II Chair: Y. Kanazawa  
Histology and strain images of blood vessel walls using 2H double-quantum-filtered MRI. G. Navon, Y. Sharf, U. Eliav, Y. Seo* Tel Aviv Univ., Israel; *Kyoto Prefectural Univ. of Medicine, Japan
NMR imaging of rigid biological tissues. Y. Seo, H. Takamiya, H. Ishikawa, T. Nakashima, Y. Sharf* and G. Navon* Kyoto Prefectural Univ. of Medicine, Japan; *Tel Aviv Univ. Israel
Capability of microscopic NMR imaging for in vivo quantification of myocardial function and mass in young (10-g) mice. J. Ruff, F. Wiesmann, K.-H. Hiller, S. Neubauer, W.R. Bauer*,, A. Haase Univ. of Würzburg; *Univ. Clinic Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany
Investigation of carbohydrate transport in plants by 1H-detected 13C spectroscopy and imaging by cyclic J cross polarisation. W. Köckenberger, M. Heidenreich*, A. Hudson, R. Bowtell, R. Kimmich* *Univ. of Ulm, Germany; Univ. of Nottingham, UK
     
Session #8: Internet and NMR Chair: D. Morris  
Remote microscopic NMR imaging via a Worldwide Web interface to a standard imaging spectrometer. D. Morris Univ. of Illinois, USA
ChickScope: WWW control of an MRI for K-12 education. P. Lauterbur, C. Potter Univ. of Illinois, USA
Report on the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Internet Conference held in Japan. K. Kose Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan
     
Wednesday, September 24, 1997    
Session #9: Industrial Applications Chair: J. Ripmeester  
MR microscopy of Savannah River tank waste simulants. K.R. Minard, R.A. Wind,, L.O. Dworjanyn* Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA ; *Westinghouse Savannah River Co, USA
13C detection of diamonds in intact stones. D. Mueller BRUKER Analytik, Germany
NMR microscopy in industrial research: polyurethane foams and poly (sodium acrylates). M. Szayna, R. Voelkel, L. Zedler BASF, Germany
Stray-field imaging (STRAFI) and magnetic resonance microimaging (MRM) studies of water intrusion/stress mobilisation in dense polymer systems used in construction. S.N. Scrimgeour, G. Hunter, W.J. Harvey, C.J. Lloyd, D. Lane*, P. MacDonald* Univ. of Dundee, Scotland; *Univ. of Surrey, England
NMR microimaging, a useful tool to study the dissolution of solids. Y. Pan, N. Black,, T. Vienneau Procter & Gamble Company, USA
     
Session #10: Macroscopy II Chair: J. B. Miller  
Saturation of porous aquifers investigation using surface NMR. O.A. Shushakov, V.M. Fomenko Inst. of Chem. Kinetics, Combustion, Novosibirsk, Russian Fed.
Nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) for detection of explosives and landmines. A.N. Garroway1, M.L. Buess2, J.B. Miller1, K.J. McGrath1, J.P. Yesinowski1, B.H. Suits3, G.R. Miller4 1Naval Research Laboratory; 2SFA, Inc.; 3Michigan Technological Univ.; 4Univ. of Maryland, USA
Quadrupole resonance explosive detection systems. T. Rayner, A.D. Hibbs, B. Thorson, S. Beevor, L.J. Burnett Quantum Magnetics Inc., San Diego, USA
     
Session #11: Flow and Diffusion I Chair: J. Pope  
Applications of flow imaging in materials science. P. Blümler, K. Rombach, S. Laukemper-Ostendorf, B. Blümich RWTH-Aachen, Germany
Non-Newtonian rheology as probed by NMR microscopy. M.M. Britton, P.T. Callaghan Massey University, New Zealand
Simultaneous measurement of temperature and velocity maps by inversion-recovery tagging method. K. Ogawa, M. Tobo, N. Iriguchi, S. Hirai,, K. Okazaki Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan
NMR-imaging techniques for quantitative characterization of periodic motions: 'incoherent averaging' and 'spectral side band analysis'. U. Goerke, R. Kimmich Univ. of Ulm, Germany
Inversion nulling in slurry flow imaging. S.A. Altobelli, L. Mondy New Mexico Resonance , Sandia National Laboratory, USA
     
Session #12: Solids II Chair: R. Botto  
Advances in stray-field gradient techniques. E.W. Randall Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
Stray-field imaging of solvent ingress in polymers. P.J. McDonald, D.M. Lane Univ. of Surrey, UK
Stray-field magnetic resonance imaging of hardening materials. T.G. Nunes1, P.R. Bodart2, E.W. Randall3 1ICTPOL/IST, Lisboa, Portugal; 2Durham Univ., UK; 3Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
Several industrial applications of NMR Microscopy. W. Kuhn IIC Innovative Imaging Corp., Germany
CW MRI of short-T2 materials. G.R. Davies, S.J. McCallum, I. Nicholson, D.J. Lurie, J.M.S. Hutchison Univ. of Aberdeen, Scotland
     
Thursday, September 25, 1997    
Session #13: Other Nuclei or Gas Imaging Chair: G.D. Mateescu  
Imaging the lungs with hyperpolarized helium. L.W. Hedlund, X.J. Chen, M.S. Chawla, H.E. Moeller, G.P. Cofer, J.R. MacFall, G.A. Johnson Duke University Medical Center, USA
Imaging obstructed ventilation in lungs using inert fluorinated gases. D.O. Kuethe1, A. Caprihan2, E. Fukushima2, H.M. Gach3, I.J. Lowe3 1Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute; 2New Mexico Resonance; 3University of Pittsburgh, USA
In situ imaging of charge carriers in an electrochemical cell. R.E. Gerald II, R.J. Klingler, J.W. Rathke, G. Sandi Argonne National Laboratory, USA
129Xe MRM of gaseous probes in silica aerogels. R.E. Botto, D.M. Gregory, R.E. Gerald II Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Lithium visibility in rat brain and muscle in vivo by 7Li NMR imaging. R.A. Komoroski, J.M. Pearce, J.E.O. Newton Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
     
Session #14: Instrumentation Chair: J. Murphy-Boesch  
A flexible pulse programmer for MRI using a commercial digital signal processor board. K. Kose, T. Haishi Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan
Novel transverse gradient coils for magnetic resonance microscopy. E.R. Andrew, M. Kempka, E. Szczesniak Univ. of Florida, USA
A compact superconducting magnet for MR microscopy. S. Crozier, D.M. Doddrell Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
Increase in the precision of the gradient magnetic field measurement. K. Bartušek, J. Vojta Institute of Scientific Instruments, Brno, Czech Rep.
Spherical gradient coil for MR microscopy. H. Liu Univ. of Minnesota, USA
     
Session #15: Porous Media and Diffusion Chair: P. Stilbs  
SPRITE imaging of short relaxation time nuclei. B.J. Balcom Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada
Drying of porous catalyst support bodies: a penetrating look. I.V. Koptyug1, R.Z. Sagdeev1, V.N. Parmon2, L.Yu. Khitrina3 1Int. Tomography Center; 2Boreskov Inst. of Catalysis; 3Novosibirsk State Univ.; Novosibirsk, Russ. Fed.
Pore structure and connectivity of porous rock by high-resolution NMR microscopy. D.A. Doughty, L. Tomutsa BDM Petroleum Technologies, USA
The translational self-diffusion of 1,3-propylene glycol in track-etched membrane pores. E. Vasina1, V. Skirda1, V. Volkov2, A. Nechaev2, B. Mchedlishvili2 1Kazan State Univ.; 2Shubnikov Inst. of Crystallography, Moscow; Russ. Fed.
     
Session #16: Flow and Diffusion II Chair: L.D. Hall  
Diffusion, restricted diffusion and motion correlation by microimaging. J. Stepišnik Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Imaging diffusion in gels, polymers, and solids. K. Woelk Univ. of Bonn, Germany
Translational diffusion of water molecules in lung. D. Ailion Univ. of Utah, USA
A simple matrix formalism for spin-echo analysis of restricted diffusion under generalised gradient waveforms. P.T. Callaghan Massey University, New Zealand

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The following table summarizies the lecture program for the

3rd International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
Würzburg, Germany, Aug. 27-31, 1995

Session / Lecture

Authors

Opening  
Reminiscences G. Laukien
   
NMR Instrumentation and Methods Chair: E. Fukushima
NMR microscopy coils. T.L. Peck
Novel Models and Designs for small-bore rf resonators. S. Crozier, L. Forbes, D.M. Doddrell
Design considerations for a scanning microcoil DESIRE microscope. H. D. Morris, P. Gor'kov, J. Lyding, I. Adesida, P.C. Lauterbur
High-temperature superconducting probe for NMR microscopy M. Yap, R.D. Black, W.W. Brey, B.F. Cole, S.E. Hurlston, M.E. Johansson, G.A. Johnson, V.Y. Kotsubo, R. Nast, M. Romo, R.S. Withers
3D image-based autoshim procedures - applications in high-field, narrow-bore NMR systems. S. Sukumar
A compact low-inductance transverse gradient system for magnetic resonance microscopy: application to the human spinal cord. M. Kempka, T.H. Mareci, E. Szczesniak
A new way of NMR detection: force detection. W.S. Veeman, A. Schaff
Hadamard NMR imaging with slice selection. H. Nilgens, M. Thelen, B. Blümich
   
Advanced concepts Chair: J.H. Strange
NMR force microscopy H.M. Vieth
NMR of subsurface earth formations in situ R.L. Kleinberg
   
EPR Chair: W. Kuhn
Free radicals in medicine: in vivo ESR and EPR imaging with nitroxides, metabolites and spin traps. L. Berliner
Dynamic imaging of diffusion and Fourier transform ESR imaging in the study of fluids, membranes and polymers. D. Xu, J.K. Moscicki, Y.K. Shin, J.H. Freed
A whole-body free radical imager. D.J. Lurie, D. Yeung, M.A. Foster, R.S. Partridge
   
NMR in plant and food research Chair: J.M. Pope
NMR imaging in food research: from the laboratory to the process line. M.J. McCarthy
Whole-plant functional NMR imaging. H. van As, D. van Dusschoten, S. Nagarajan, F. Vergeldt, P.A. de Jager
In vivo measurement of xylem water flow under different environmental conditions using flow-sensitive NMR imaging. E. Kuchenbrod, E. Kahler, F. Thürmer, A. Haase, U. Zimmermann
1H NMR imaging studies of Scotch Pine needles exposed to the stress of winter desiccation. H. Lasarov, L. Alvila, T.T. Pakkanen, T. Repo, M.-L. Sutinen
   
NMR in Materials Science Chair: R.L. Armstrong
MRM of polymeric solids and microporous materials. G.D. Cody, R.E. Gerald II, R.E. Botto
Investigations of the influence of radiation induced crosslinking on the dynamic processes in cis-polybutadiene as seen by NMR techniques. P. Denner, W. Kuhn, B. Walter, T. Willing
Solid-state NMR imaging of the physical and chemical structure of materials. J.B. Miller, M.A. Hepp
Imaging hydrogen at cryogenic temperatures. P. Blümler et al.
NMR imaging and solvent-induced changes in materials. J. Gelan, P. Adriaensens, D. Vanderzande, M. Ercken
NMR imaging of 3D foam structures. K. Kose
A new technique for imaging ultra-short T2 in solids. E.J. Lurie, S.J. McCallum, J.M.S. Hutchison, M. Alecci
Noninvasive observation of flow profiles, polarisation layers and fouling in membrane filtration modules using NMR micro-imaging. S. Yao, A.G. Fane, J.M. Pope
Multinuclear NMR imaging of controlled drug release from hydrophilic matrix tablets. C.A. Fyfe, A. Blazek
   
Rare Isotopes and Contrast Media Chair: G.D. Mateescu
Oxygen-17 NMR spectroscopy and imaging. Determination of the rate of cerebral metabolism and the rate of cerebral blood flow in the human. D. Fiat
Recent advances in 17O MRI and MRS G.D. Mateescu, M.E. Cabrera
Enhanced spin-lattice relaxation and polymer formation with immobilized paramagnetics. B.J. Balcom, M.L. Kilfoil, A.R. Sharp
Contrast agents - fundamentals. R.N. Muller
   
NMR Imaging in Medicine - New Concepts Chair: A. Haase
Dedicated MR scanners. F. Bertora, E. Biglieri, A. Trequattrini
Medical NMR imaging in open magnets. R. Hausmann
Interventional MR imaging. D. Shaw
   
NMR in Biomedicine Chair: W.E. Hull
In vivo carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy J. Seelig
3D measurements of lung properties during the breathing cycle. M.D. Shattuck, S.L. Gewalt, G.H. Glover, L.W. Hedlund, G.A. Johnson
Direct MR imaging of the guinea pig airways using hyperpolarized 3He. L.W. Hedlund, R.D. Black, G.D. Cates, G.P. Cofer, R. Guenther, W. Happer, G.A. Johnson, H. Middleton, M.D. Shattuck, J. Swartz
Heternuclear spectroscopy and imaging. O. Lutz, M. Pfeffer, Th. Kull, A. Zutt, M. Bunse, W.-J. Jung
Radial spectroscopic imaging. M. Meininger, P.M. Jakob, M. von Kienlin, A. Haase
The role of NMR imaging in pharmaceutical research and development. S.K. Sarkar
1H-NMR microscopy at 7 T: 3D visualization of tumor metastases in mouse organs ex vivo; detection of metastases and their eradication by immunotherapy in vivo. K.-P. Fichtner, W.E. Hull, A. Griesbach, V. Schirrmacher
Quantitative NMR microscopy on multicellular tumor spheroids and confrontation cultures. M. Brandl, J.C. Tonn, K. Kotitschke, R. Goldbrunner, S. Kerkau, A. Haase
Imaging H217O distribution in phantoms and living mice using 1H MRI. G. Navon
Secrets of beauty care products studied by NMR microscopy. M. Szayna, M. Ilg, W.P. Kuhn
   
Diffusion NMR Imaging Chair: P. C. Lauterbur
NMR visualization of diffusion and flow displacements. R. Kimmich
Diffusion MRI: from tissue microstructure to clinical applications. D. Le Bihan
Microscopic MRI of cartilage. L.W. Jelinski
NMR microscopic detection of cartilage stress behavior - an approach to dynamic NMR microscopy. W. Gründer, S. Hahn, T. Keller, A. Werner
   
NMR in Porous Media Chair: P. Jonsen
Porous media NMR imaging (gels, brains, rocks, soil) L.D. Hall
NMR imaging in porous media. R. Bowtell, A. Peters, P. Robyr, P. Mansfield
Transport processes in porous media. G.J. Nesbitt
Spatially resolved NMR study of adsorption/precipitation of chemicals inside porous media. G. Maddinelli

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