The Department of Radiology is pleased to announce its 2008–2009 Imaging Sciences Grand Rounds program.  The program features 6 internationally recognized scientists in the fields of basic imaging sciences and translational imaging research.  The speakers will visit the department on the dates listed below and offer a lecture at noon to 1 pm.  All faculty, trainees, and research scientists are encouraged to attend the lectures. This represents an excellent opportunity for researchers at the University of Washington to meet with leaders in the field.

Adam Alessio, Ph.D., 2008–2009 Grand Rounds Organizer

Satoshi Minoshima, M.D., Ph.D.

Jiang Hsieh, Ph.D., Sept. 25, 2008

Recent Advances in CT Technology and Clinical Applications

Chief Scientist at the Applied Science Laboratory of GE Healthcare

Dr. Jiang Hsieh received his Ph.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Hsieh is part Chief Scientist at the Applied Science Laboratory of GE Healthcare.  Dr. Hsieh is a pioneer in computed tomography and holds over 100 patents, has co-authored over 100 articles, and is the author of a leading textbook on the subject. His research Interests are tomographic reconstruction, CT image artifact reduction and correction, signal processing, image processing, and advanced CT applications.

UW Host: Adam Alessio

Location:  Turner Conference Room E 202

Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm

Alexei Bogdanov, Ph.D., Oct. 31, 2008

Sensing Agents for Molecular Imaging of Enzymatic Activity

Professor of Radiology and Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Dr. Alexei Bogdanov is the Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes, Department of Radiology at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

UW Host: Xiaoming Yang

Location:  Turner Conference Room E 202

Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm

Robert Lenkinski, Ph.D., Nov. 21, 2008

Technical and Practical Aspects of Conventional and PARACEST MR Contrast Agent Development

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Vice Chairman, Director of Research

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dr. Lenkinski is a chemist by training. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1968. He completed his Ph.D in Chemistry in 1973 at the University of Houston. Dr. Lenkinski was a post-doctoral fellow in the Isotope Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. One of his major research interests is in clinical applications of in vivo Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. Dr Lenkinski is also developing in vivo multinuclear MR imaging methods, primarily Na-23. A more recent area of interest has been molecular imaging. This new area involves the development of novel MR and optical based imaging contrast agents.

UW Host: Jeffrey Jarvik

Location:  RR 202

Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm

Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D., Mar.  27, 2009

Frontiers in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields in Pursuit of Function, Biochemistry and Anatomy

Professor of Radiology, Neurosciences, and Medicine, University of Minnesota

Dr. Kamil Ugurbil received his university education at Columbia University, New York, N.Y. (A.B., and Ph.D. in physics, and chemical physics, respectively). After receiving his PhD, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories, and subsequently returned to Columbia University as an Assistant Professor. After leaving Columbia University he moved to the University of Minnesota where he now holds the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair Professorship in Radiology, Neurosciences, and Medicine, and is the Director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research. He has been interested in developing very high magnetic fields for extraction biological information, including brain function, anatomy, and metabolism, and cardiac bioenergetics. Dr. Ugurbil was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and elected into the National Academy of Sciences (USA) - Institute of Medicine.

UW Host: Martin Kushmerick

Location:  Turner Auditorium, D 209

Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm