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- Functional MRI (fMRI) is a neuroimaging method of using MRI to measure the hemo-dynamic response related to neural activity in the human brain. Improvement of accuracy and reliability of fMRI measurement using an fMRI simulator, the Smart Coil, is one of the primary goals of the lab.
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- Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCEMRI) using paramagnetic nanoparticles has been the subject of extensive research in the lab. Novel CE-MRI applications using biocompatible and biodegradable nanoparticles in bio-imaging include early cancer diagnosis/treatment evaluation, drug delivery, molecular and cellular imaging area etc.
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- Positive contrast generation using post-processing method (such as gradient mapping) is also an ongoing project in the lab. The advantage of the postprocessing method is that no modification on the pulse sequence is required.
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- MR parallel imaging is another research area of the lab, with focus on its application in fMRI and data acquisition in k-t space.
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- Multinuclear spectroscopy (e.g. 31P) and its application in kinesiology is also being investigated.
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