News http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/ Department of Radiology 2013-06-15T06:43:14-08:00 The New "Molecular Imaging Primer" Electronic Textbook is Now Available http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/06/molecular-imaging-primer.html Molecular Imaging PrimerThe Molecular Imaging Primer is an electronic textbook by Sanjiv Sam Gambhir that introduces clinicians and researchers to the expanding field of Molecular Imaging (MI) of living subjects. Students at all levels (e.g., undergraduates, graduates, medical students, residents, post-doctoral fellows, as well as research scientists) who are entering the field, or are already in the field but needing a booster shot, should find this book useful. Where past imaging was directed at the gross physical and anatomical levels, MI is shifting imaging to the molecular and cellular levels, opening up new pathways of discovery to expand MI applications in basic science research, and clinical diagnosis and treatment. Not available in print, this eBook is exclusively available on the iPad.
  • Released for the First Time after 5 Years of Development
  • Designed Specifically for the iPad from the Ground Up
  • Written as a Textbook that Can be Used in Classes or Labs
  • Contains 492 pages with over 100 Illustrations, 55 Imaging Examples, 49 Clinical Examples, and 164 Probe Structures
  • Zoom to Full-Screen by tapping any Figure, Illustration, Movie, or Probe
  • Fully Linked References take you Directly to PubMed
  • Fully Searchable for any Word throughout the Book
  • Multiple Choice Questions with Answers that can be Checked in Real Time
  • Ability to Take your own Electronic Notes
  • A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Section with Answers that Should be Helpful to Individuals New to the Field
  • Dedicated Section for Industry-Related Links to Websites of Companies Involved in all Aspects of Molecular Imaging
  • Quick Navigation throughout Book via Table of Contents (TOC) and In-Text Links
  • Will Electronically Update Periodically Keeping the Book Current

REQUIREMENTS
This eBook can only be viewed on an iPad using iBooks 2 or later. iOS 5 or later is required.
Optimized for iPad 3 with retina display.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD TO YOUR IPAD
Download the free iBooks App onto your iPad. Go to Store, and search by either ISBN ('9780989541404'), or Author ('Gambhir'), or Book Title. Click 'Sample' to download free preview. Click 'Buy' to purchase (Apple ID required).

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]]> Announcements anmorris 2013-06-15T06:43:14-08:00 Jessica S. Faruque Received an James F. Gibbons Outstanding Student Teaching Award http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/06/faruque-gibbons-outstanding-student-2013.html jessica-faruque.jpgJessica S. Faruque been selected to receive an James F. Gibbons Outstanding Student Teaching Award at the 2013 Electrical Engineering Department Commencement ceremony. This award is given to students who have contributed significantly to both graduate and undergraduate education as teaching assistants. Her dedication to teaching this past year has been appreciated not only by students, but also by faculty and staff. Jessica is a PhD student in the ISIS Section of the Department and recently defended her PhD thesis, which focuses on perceptual similarity reference standards for medical decision support.

Congratulations, Jessica!

]]> Postdoc and Fellow Awards anmorris 2013-06-14T15:21:28-08:00 Kevin Epperson wins 1st Prize at SMRT at ISMRM http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/06/rsl-technologis.html Epperson-1st-SMRT.jpegKevin Epperson, R.T.(R)(MR) and colleagues received the Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists' first place research award for their poster "Creation of
Fully Sampled MR Data Repository for Compressed Sensing of the Knee." Kevin presented his poster at the SMRT Annual Meeting on April 12, 2013 held in Salt Lake City. "Clinical validation of compressed sensing and other advanced reconstructions from accelerated acquisitions has been lagging technical developments. The validation is
often hampered by the need to acquire high-quality fully sampled data sets. These would require excessive scans on a multitude of subjects able to withstand the duration of the MR scans and remain motionless. To acquire complete data sets in the clinical setting is typically not possible and is still an arduous task in the research setting. Here we explore the concept of creating a repository of imaging data for researchers to be able to test their hypotheses. Such a repository will be a starting point for reproducible research results that can be cross validated by the research
community."
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]]> anmorris 2013-06-12T11:21:39-08:00 Congratulations to RSL postdoc, Patrick Ye http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/06/congratulations-1.html patrickYe_award.jpgCongratulations to Patrick Ye!
Patrick recieved the top student prize from the Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound for his work "Frequency Dependence of Ultrasonic Neuromodulation." The meeting concluded May 15 in Shanghai China.

]]> anmorris 2013-06-12T11:01:36-08:00 Stanford Interventional Radiology and MIPS Research Received JVIR Editor's Award for Best Manuscript of 2012 http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/05/jvir-best-manuscript-2012.html Research collaboration between the Hofmann Lab and the Gambhir Lab received the The Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) Editor's Award for Outstanding Laboratory Investigation of 2012. The paper, "Intratumoral versus intravenous gene therapy using a transcriptionally targeted viral vector in an orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma rat model", by Kim YI, et al, undertakes an exploration of an emerging cancer treatment. "Gene therapy is an increasingly positive and exciting therapy in cancer treatment today," noted editor Ziv J Haskal, MD. "The study explored a more efficient method of targeting gene therapy in advanced liver cancer, often a difficult treatment situation because of advanced tumor stage and cirrhosis." Haskal praised the study's investigators for doing what interventional radiologists do best seeking innovative solutions within the specialty's technology.

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]]> Research anmorris 2013-05-28T13:43:57-08:00 Dr. Van Dalsem Elected to Fellowship in the ACR http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/05/dr-van-dalsem-e.html Photo of Volney Van DalsemVol Van Dalsem, MD was elected to Fellowship in the American College of Radiology at the ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., on 5/5/2013.

Congratulations, Dr. Van Dalsem!

]]> Awards and Honors anmorris 2013-05-05T10:41:15-08:00 Dr. Zeineh Awarded RSNA Research Scholar Grant http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/05/zeineh-rsna-research-scholar-grant.html DSC_0696_4x5.jpgMichael Zeineh, MD, has received a Research Scholar Grant from the Radiological Society of North America. The purpose of his Research Scholar Grant is to study traumatic brain injury in football players by performing longitudinal advanced magnetic resonance imaging.

Congtratulations, Dr. Zeineh!

]]> Awards and Honors anmorris 2013-05-02T05:35:31-08:00 New Faculty Hires and Promotions: Joseph Wu, MD, PhD http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/05/joseph-wu-professor-promotion.html Please join the Department of Radiology in congratulating Dr. Joseph Wu! Dr. Wu was promoted to Professor, Radiology and Medicine effective May 1, 2013!

Congratulations, Dr. Wu!

]]> New Hires and Promotions anmorris 2013-05-01T11:41:29-08:00 New Faculty Hires and Promotions: Huy Do, MD http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/05/huy-do-promotion.html Department chair, Dr. Gambhir, acting Neuroradiology Section Chief Dr. Fischbein, Dr. Do, Interventional Neuroradiology Section Chief Dr. MarksPlease join the Department of Radiology in congratulating Dr. Huy Do! Dr. Do was promoted to Professor, Interventional Neuroradiology effective May 1, 2013!

Congratulations, Dr. Do!

]]> New Hires and Promotions anmorris 2013-05-01T11:22:44-08:00 Two RSL Postdocs Received the ISMRM Junior Fellowship Award http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/04/2013-ismrm-junior-fellows.html Photo of Prachi Pandit and Ahn VanRSL postdoctoral fellows, Prachi Pandit, PhD and Ahn Van, PhD, have received the prestigious 2013 ISMRM Junior Fellowship Award. Some of the benefits related to the Junior Fellow selection include announcement and award certificate presented to the honorees at ISMRM's 21st Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Salt Lake City, an educational stipend, a one year mentorship by a senior ISMRM Fellow, and the opportunity to serve on an ISMRM committee as a non-voting member.

Congratulations to both for this well-deserved recognition of their scientific achievements!

]]> Postdoc and Fellow Awards anmorris 2013-04-27T11:41:19-08:00 Gambhir Lab Alum makes headlines with a Novel Cancer Detection Technique http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/04/gambhir-lab-alu.html delazerda-1-040813.jpgFormer Gambhir lab postdoc, Adam de la Zerda, now an assistant professor of Structural Biology, has developed a technique to find cancerous tumors hiding beneath tissues. The patented technique is called photoacoustic molecular imaging and he developed it under the guidance of Dr. Sam Gambhir, chair of radiology, and Dr. Pierre Khuri-Yakub, professor of electrical engineering.
The technique converts light into ultrasound waves using nanoparticles, which then provides a much more detailed image than existing technologies.

Read the whole story on the Inside Stanford Medicine site.

]]> Research anmorris 2013-04-12T06:22:03-08:00 Dr. Lane Retired April 11, 2013 http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/04/barton-lane-retired.html Department Chair, Dr. Gambhir and Dr. Lane.Barton Lane, MD, FACR, Professor of Radiology - Neuroradiology, retired on April 11, 2013 after 38 years of exceptional service and contributions to Neuroradiology and Stanford University. We wish him a long and happy retirement.

Thank you, Dr. Lane!

View photo's from his retirement party

]]> Faculty anmorris 2013-04-11T11:34:35-08:00 Research on Imaging Therapeutic Stem Cells Received Media Coverage http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/03/nanoparticles-track-cardiac-stem-cells.html Ultrasound imaging of Pre- and Post-injection of nanoparticle laden cardiac stem cells
A new paper from the Gambhir Lab by Dr. Jokerst entitled "Intracellular Aggregation of Multimodal Silica Nanoparticles for Ultrasound-Guided Stem Cell Implantation in Living Mice" has been published in Science Translational Medicine. The research details the use of nanoparticles to facilitate the initial placement of therapeutic stem cells into the host and the ability to track those cells over time. The paper has received news coverage in Stanford Medicine, Fox News, MIT Technology Review, MedCity News, Nature Medicine, and redOrbit.

Read the Science Translational Medicine paper

Read the Stanford School of Medicine article

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Read the Fox News article

Read the MedCity News article

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]]> Announcements anmorris 2013-03-21T09:36:53-08:00 Scott Hsieh's Manuscript Selected as Medical Physics Editor's Pick http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/03/scott-hsiehs-ma.html The manuscript "The feasibility of a piecewise-linear dynamic bowtie filter" by Scott Hsieh, a graduate student in the Radiological Sciences Lab, has been selected to be highlighted under the Editor's Picks column for the Medical Physics Scitation site.

Congratulations, Scott!

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]]> Awards and Honors anmorris 2013-03-15T13:20:27-08:00 Dr. Lutz Received First-Time Genitourinary Paper Presenter Award http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2013/03/dr-lutz-2013-sar-award.html Photo of Dr. Amelie LutzAmelie M. Lutz received the First-Time Genitourinary Paper Presenter Award at the 2013 Society of Abdominal Radiology for the study "Molecular Ultrasound of Ovarian Cancer Targeting the Novel Vascular Cancer Marker CD276". Coauthors: Amelie M. Lutz; Sunitha Bachawal; Charles Drescher; Juergen K. Willmann; Sanjiv S. Gambhir

Congratulations, Dr. Lutz!

]]> Awards and Honors anmorris 2013-03-03T10:25:12-08:00