Browsing by Author "Adam Anderson"
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Lee, Junghee (2005-08-12)Department: PsychologyWorking memory deficit has been suggested to be a cardinal feature of schizophrenia, but the causes of this deficit have not been determined. This dissertation intended to augment our understanding of the etiology of working ...
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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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Kelm, Nathaniel David (2014-04-17)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThis thesis involves the development of an overnight high-resolution 3D diffusion kurtosis imaging protocol for ex vivo whole rat brain imaging. MRI acquisition parameters were optimized in order to obtain high-resolution, ...
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Wargo, Christopher Joseph (2011-08-08)Department: Biomedical EngineeringAchieving micron resolutions in magnetic resonance imaging is constrained first by limitations in available signal strength as voxel sizes decrease, and second, by acceptable acquisition times due to the large data sets ...
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Newton, Allen Timothy (2009-04-21)Department: Biomedical EngineeringFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a noninvasive imaging technique capable of mapping cognitive networks in the human brain that has become widely used for both research and clinical applications. The activity ...
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Dula, Adrienne Nicole (2008-05-07)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMost magnetic resonance imaging techniques offer tissue contrast but provide limited information regarding the variation of the magnetic resonance signal that exists on a smaller scale. The magnetic resonance signal arising ...
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Georgescu, Walter (2012-06-05)Department: Biomedical EngineeringCell motility plays an important role in development, wound healing and cancer progression. A fundamental unresolved challenge in the field is to obtain reliable measures of motility metrics from single cells and then ...
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Sharma, Anuj (2013-04-12)Department: Biomedical EngineeringA fast approach to reconstruct transmit RF field (|B1+|) maps in high field parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging is presented in this thesis. First the concepts of parallel imaging reconstruction and the Bloch-Siegert (BS) ...
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Use of 18FDG-PET imaging to predict treatment response to IGF-1R/IR targeted therapy in lung cancer McKinley, Eliot Thomas (2011-04-14)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe use of 18FDG-PET imaging to predict treatment response to IGF-1R/IR targeted therapy in mouse models of human lung cancer is presented in this thesis. In vitro cell studies were first conducted to establish sensitivity ...
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Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Assess White Matter Integrity in Children with Math Difficulties Lorang, Craig Thomas (2007-12-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringUSING DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING TO ASSESS WHITE MATTER INTEGRITY IN CHILDREN WITH MATH DIFFICULTIES CRAIG THOMAS LORANG Thesis under the direction of Professor Adam Anderson Dyscalculia is a learning disability that ...
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Manhard, Mary Katherine (2013-04-15)Department: Biomedical EngineeringClinically compatible ultra-short echo time (UTE) imaging sequences for quantitative T2-based bound and pore water imaging in bone were implemented and validated on a 3T human scanner and a 4.7T small bore system. Pore ...