Awards and Honors: September 14, 2007

Posted 10:30 AM, September 14, 2007, by jaruiz

Roland Bammer, PhD, assistant professor (research) of radiology, has earned two honors, both from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). He has successfully completed a competitive five-year renewal for his "Improving SENSE MRI for Spiral and Echo-Planar Imaging" R01 grant, which has been funded since 2003. Dr. Bammer has also been awarded an R21 grant for his research project, "Real-Time MRI Motion Correction System." Dr. Bammer's study, "Improving SENSE MRI for Spiral and Echo-Planar Imaging," is designed to demonstrate that spiral and echo-planar imaging (SENSE) can be combined with diffusion-weighted imaging/diffusion-tensor imaging (DWI/DTI) to significantly improve the evaluation of patients with signs or symptoms of cerebral ischemia. His research on real-time MRI motion correction explores the potential to use an alternative MRI motion compensation approach. The success of this project will significantly improve MR exams, particularly for pediatric and geriatric patients, by reducing the overall scan time and improving the diagnostic capacity of the images.