Browsing by Author "E. Brian Welch"
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Manhard, Mary Katherine (2016-06-01)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe current standard for diagnosing fracture risk comprises measurements of bone mineral density (BMD), primarily by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). However, bone strength is affected by many factors other than ...
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By, Samantha (2017-08-24)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMultiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that is marked by inflammation, demyelination, gliosis and axonal loss. The damage to the CNS from these mechanisms can result in an ...
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Smith, Alex Kenneth (2016-09-22)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMagnetization transfer (MT) imaging has emerged as a viable alternative to conventional structural MRI indices. It has been shown to be remarkably sensitive to changes in myelin associated with pathologies such as multiple ...
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Gifford, Aliya (2016-04-09)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyBrown adipose tissue (BAT) known to function in a non-shivering thermogenic capacity, also performs as an endocrine organ, and assists with glucose homeostatsis and insulin sensitivity. Positron emission tomography ...
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Lankford, Christopher Lynn (2016-11-07)Department: Biomedical EngineeringDue to the need to acquire a series of T2-weighted images, quantitative T2 mapping protocols in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suffer from long scan times. In order to alleviate this problem, fast spin-echo (FSE) imaging ...
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Quantitative texture analysis of T2- weighted MR images in polymyositis and dermatomyositis patients Xie, Yuan (2017-08-11)Department: Biomedical EngineeringDermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) patients experience intramuscular inflammation and necrosis, eventually progressing to fat infiltration. The gold standard for MRI assessment of fat tissue infiltration is ...
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Poorman, Megan Elizabeth (2018-08-03)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMinimally-invasive thermal therapies, such as focused ultrasound, laser, or RF ablation, are a viable alternative to more invasive surgical procedures. These interventional therapies can be used treat everything from cancer ...
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Lankford, Christopher Lynn (2011-12-12)Department: Biomedical EngineeringA statistical analysis of the magnetic resonance imaging-based mcDESPOT method for characterizing two exchanging water proton pools--a seven-dimensional problem that fits to multiple flip angle measurements of both spoiled ...
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Ianni, Julianna Denise (2017-11-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringHigh field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers several advantages over imaging at low field strengths, namely increased spectral resolution, better contrast due to longer T1 relaxation, higher signal to noise ratio ...