Friday AM 86 California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 5 Department of BioEngineeing & Therapeutic Sciences, Unviersity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 6 Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA 13:50 603. Quantitative Characterization of Cortical Pathology in Multiple Sclerosis using Surface-Based Analysis of T 2* Relaxation At 7T Julien Cohen-Adad 1,2 , Karl G. Helmer 1,2 , Allen Scott Nielsen 3 , Doug Greve 1,2 , Thomas Benner 1,2 , Rip Philip Kinkel 2,3 , Bruce R. Rosen 1,2 , Caterina Mainero 1,2 1 A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA; 2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 3 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA 14:00 604. Multiple Sclerosis Alters Intra-cellular Sodium Concentration & Intra-cellular Volume Fraction: An In-Vivo 7T MRI study Lazar Fleysher 1 , Niels Oesingmann 2 , Ryan Brown 1 , Hina Jaggi 1 , Graham Wiggins 1 , Daniel Sodickson 1 , Joseph Herbert 3 , Matilde Inglese 1 1 2 3 Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA; Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, PA, USA; Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA 14:10 605. Atlas-Based Quantification of Brain Normal-Appearing White & Gray Matter Volume, Relaxation Time & Diffusion Tensor Metrics in Multiple Sclerosis Khader M. Hasan 1 , Indika S. Walimuni 1 , Sushmita Datta 1 , Flavia Nelson 2 , Jerry S. Wolinsky 3 , Ponnada A. Narayana 4 1 Radiology, UTHSCH, Houston, TX, USA; 2 Neurology, UTHSCH, Houston, TX; 3 Neurology, UTHSCH, Houston, Texasa, USA; 4 Radiology, UTHSCH, Houston, Uexasa, USA 14:20 606. Ten-Year Brain Atrophy Rate & Its Relevance to Disability in Multiple Sclerosis Antonio Giorgio 1 , Maria Laura Stromillo 1 , Maria Letizia Bartolozzi 2 , Francesca Rossi 3 , Marco Battaglini 3 , Anita Blandino 3 , Leonello Guidi 2 , Patrizia Maritato 2 , Antonio Federico 3 , Nicola De Stefano 3 1 Department of Neurological & Behavioral Sciences , University of Siena, Siena, Italy; 2 Neurology Unit, Hospital of Empoli, Italy; 3 Department of Neurological & Behavioral Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy 14:30 607. Reversible NAA Decreases in Active MS Lesions Are Not Due Solely to Water Content Changes Irene Vavasour 1 , Cornelia Laule 1,2 , Madeleine Hodgson 3 , David Li 1 , Anthony Traboulsee 4 , Burkhard Maedler 5 , Alexander MacKay 1,3 1 Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 2 Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 3 Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 4 Medicine (Neurology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 5 Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Germany 14:40 608. Quantitative Assessment of Iron in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Christian Langkammer 1 , Michael Khalil 1 , Christian Enzinger 1 , Mirja Wallner-Blazek 1 , Margit Jehna 1 , Siegried Fuchs 1 , Franz Fazekas 1 , Stefan Ropele 1 1 Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 14:50 609. Longitudinal Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Analysis Reveals Left & Right Asymmetric DTI Alterations in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Salem Hannoun 1 , Francoise Durand-Dubief 1,2 , Christian Confavreux 2 , Francois Cotton 1 , Dominique Sappey- Marinier 1,3 1 CREATIS, University of Lyon, Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France; 2 Neurological Hospital, Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France; 3 CERMEP- Imagerie du Vivant, Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France 15:00 610. Axonal Damage in <strong>the</strong> Making: Neurofilament Phosphorylation & Magnetization Transfer in MS Non-Lesional White Matter Klaus Schmierer 1,2 , Dan Tozer 2 , Axel Petzold 2,3 1 Barts and <strong>the</strong> London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, England, United Kingdom; 2 Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom; 3 Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands
Mouse Imaging: How to Do It Faster, Cheaper & Better Thursday PM Room 510 16:00-18:00 Moderators: Klaas Nicolay & Ivan Tkac 16:00 Multimodal Imaging of Mice Natalie J. Serkova 16:20 Tips for Advanced MRI Screening of Mice Rui V. Simões 16:40 Single & Multiple Mouse Imaging on a Clinical Scanner using Receiver Coil Arrays Marcelino L. Bernardo 17:00 MRI & Stem Cell Trafficking Karen C. Briley-Saebo 17:20 Cost Effective, High Performance MRS Screening of Rodents Olli J. H. Gröhn 17:40 Heart Imaging in Mice David E. Sosnovik MR Physics & Techniques for Clinicians Room 516A-C 16:00-18:00 16:00 Diffusion & Perfusion Weighted Imaging Matthias Weigel 16:40 Contrast Agents Michael V. Knopp 17:20 fMRI Karla L. Miller Myocardial Tissue Characteristics & Spectroscopy: Human Studies Room 511A-C 16:00-18:00 Moderators: Sebastian Kozerke & Robert G. Weiss 16:00 611. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Quantitative T 2 Mapping For Monitoring of Acute Cardiac Transplant Rejection Asad Ali Usman 1 , Kirsi Taimen 1 , Marie Wasielewski 1 , Saurabh Shah 1,2 , Jermey D. Collins 1 , Jennifer M. McDonald 1 , James C. Carr 1 1 Radiology - Cardiovascular Imaging, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; 2 Cardiovascular MR Research & Development, Siemens Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA 16:12 612. Comparison of <strong>the</strong> Transverse Relaxation Time of <strong>the</strong> Left Ventricle during <strong>the</strong> Mid-Diastolic Rest & <strong>the</strong> Endsystolic Rest Periods Brice Fernandez 1,2 , Maelene Lohezic 1,2 , Lucien Hammen 2,3 , Jean-Marie Escanyé 4,5 , Damien Mandry 2,4 , Jacques Felblinger 2,6 , Pierre-André Vuissoz 2,3 1 Global Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Nancy, France; 2 IADI Lab, Nancy-Université, Nancy, France; 3 U947, INSERM, Nancy, France; 4 CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France; 5 Biophysics Lab, Nancy-Université, Nancy, France; 6 CIT801, INSERM, Nancy, France 16:24 613. Quantitative Myocardial T 2 Measurement For Systemic Sarcoidosis with Cardiac Involvement: Initial Results Yuesong Yang 1 , Kim A. Connelly 2 , Meyer Balter 3 , John J. Graham 2 , Rhonda Walcarius 1 , Bradley Strauss 1 , Alexander J. Dick 4 , Graham A. Wright 1 1 Imaging Research & Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2 Cardiology, St.Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3 Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 4 Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada 16:36 614. Design of a Robust Method For Suppression of Ghosting Artifacts Due to Long T 1 Species in Cardiac Imaging Elizabeth R. Jenista 1 , Wolfgang G. Rehwald 2 , Nayla Chaptini 1 , Michele A. Parker 1 , Raymond J. Kim 1 1 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 2 Cardiovascular MR&D, Siemens Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA 87