The Imaging Sciences Lecture Series in the UW Department of Radiology features ongoing imaging research both in and outside the department. To facilitate translational research opportunities, both basic and clinical investigators present at the same meeting.

Anyone interested in imaging science is welcome to attend this seminar series.

Lectures are held the first Tuesday of every month.

To be included on the mailing list, please email Laura Grant.

Refreshments served!

Michael Bailey, Ph.D.

MR Imaging for High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer: Emphasis on Evaluation Treatment Response

As an undergraduate, Michael Bailey worked in Dr. Ken Taylor’s lab at Yale at the time the Mechanical Index ultrasound display was being developed. During his graduate studies in acoustics at the University of Texas at Austin, Bailey worked for a time at the University of Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound. Since joining UW, he has researched therapeutic ultrasound—lithotripsy for kidney stones and high-intensity focused ultrasound for cauterizing bleeding or ablating tissue—often in collaboration with the UW Department of Radiology. Dr. Bailey also serves as a member of the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine bioeffects committee, the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound board, and the Acoustical Society of America technical committee on biomedical ultrasound.

Cecil Hayes, Ph.D.

 Custom RF Coil Arrays for MRI Research

Since coming to the UW in 1991, Cecil Hayes has specialized in making radiofrequency coils and coil arrays for MRI. As the interface between the patient and the scanner, the RF coil is one limiting factor that determines the signal-to-noise performance and thus the resulting image quality. When high temporal or spatial resolution are a critical requirement for a new clinical procedure or research study, a coil customized for that particular use may be the key element for the project’s success. Before coming to the UW, Dr. Hayes participated in the initial development of the GE 1.5T Signa scanner in Milwaukee. The birdcage resonator, which he invented there, has been widely used as an MRI volume coil. Dr. Hayes obtained his Ph.D. in physics under the direction of R.V. Pound at Harvard and served as postdoc with H. Y. Carr at Rutgers.