Programme & Talks
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MOLECULAR IMAGING |
Chair Dr Alison Murray |
University of Aberdeen |
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09:00-09.10 |
Welcome |
Prof Joanna Wardlaw |
University of Edinburgh |
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09:10-09:20 |
SPECT and PET changes in those receiving Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Tau therapy rember (methythioninium chloride) |
Dr Roger Staff |
University of Aberdeen |
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09:20-09:30 |
Tumour necrosis factor blockade mediates altered serotonin transporter availability in rheumatoid arthritis – a clinical, proof of concept study |
Dr John Cavanagh |
University of Glasgow |
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09:30-09:40 |
Development of Methods for Longitudinal Brain PET/CT studies in Mice |
Prof Andy Welch |
University of Aberdeen |
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09:40-09:50 |
18FDG-PET uptake and macrophage activity in symptomatic carotid plaque |
Dr Satheesh Ramalingam |
University of Glasgow |
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09:50-10:00 |
Development of novel histamine H3 radioligands using in vivomicroSPECT |
Dr David Lewis |
University of Glasgow |
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10:00-10:30 |
Key Note: Molecular Imaging |
Prof Andre Luxén, |
University of Liége |
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10:30-11:00 |
Break |
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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEUROIMAGING |
Chair Dr Robin Sellar |
University of Edinburgh |
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11:00-11:30 |
Key Note: Neuroimaging in Stroke – the Future |
Prof Keith Muir |
University of Glasgow |
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11:30-11:40 |
Frontal lobe white matter hyperintensities (WMH) are associated with the incidence and trajectory of depressive symptoms in the Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort |
Dr Alison Murray |
University of Aberdeen |
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11:40-11:50 |
Suspected malignant cord compression – improving time to diagnosis via a “hotline” |
Dr Graeme Houston |
NHS Tayside |
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11:50-12:00 |
Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy: a tool for early determination of tissue at risk and prognosis of infarct expansion in acute ischaemic stroke |
Dr Bartosz Karaszewski |
University of Edinburgh |
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12:00-12:30 |
Key Note: Neuroimaging Techniques to Identify the Patient at High Risk of Stroke |
Prof Dorothee Auer |
University of Nottingham |
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12:30-13:30 |
Break |
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FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL IMAGING OF THE BRAIN |
Chair Prof David Donaldson |
University of Stirling |
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13:30-14:00 |
Key Note: Tracking Anatomical Connections in the Brain |
Prof Geoff Parker |
University of Manchester |
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14:00-14:10 |
Tract-specific white matter integrity and cognitive ability in youth and old age. |
Dr Susana Maniega |
University of Edinburgh |
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14:10-14:20 |
Long-term appearance of lacunar infarction on imaging: what proportion become CSF-containing cavities? |
Dr Gillian Potter |
University of Edinburgh |
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14:20-14:30 |
Mr George Cameron |
University of Aberdeen |
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14:30-15:00 |
Key Note: Precision Brain Imaging – Structure and Function |
Prof Neil Roberts |
University of Edinburgh |
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15:00-15:30 |
Break |
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NOVEL AND EMERGING TECHNIQUES |
Chair Prof Richard Lerski |
University of Dundee |
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15:30-15:40 |
Entropy of FA maps identifies healthy elderly individuals with family history of dementia |
Dr Trevor Ahearn |
University of Aberdeen |
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15:40-15:50 |
Oxygen Challenge T2* Weighted MRI as a Measurement Tool for Brain Metabolism |
Dr Krishna Dani |
University of Glasgow |
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15:50-16:00 |
A Framework for Standardising MRI Quality Assurance across Scotland – the Functional MRI Exemplar |
Dr Katherine Lymer |
University of Edinburgh |
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16:00-16:30 |
Key Note: Academic Radiology- Past, Present – Future? |
Dr Alan Moody |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto |