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TITLE: Neuroimaging of Brain and Spinal Cord at Ultra-High Magnetic Fields
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SPEAKER: Robert L. Barry, PhD, PEng
Assistant Physicist at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
149 13th Street, Suite 2.301
Charlestown, MA 02129 USA
DATE: September 22, 2016 (Thursday)
TIME: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
PLACE: E2-223, EITC
Fort Garry Campus
University of Manitoba
SPONSORS: – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
– IEEE Computer & Computational Intelligence Chapter
– IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter
– IEEE Waves Chapter
REGISTRATION FEE: Free
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ABSTRACT:
Magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain and spinal cord at an ultra-high magnetic field of 7 Tesla offers new opportunities to visualize structures with high spatial resolution and enhanced conspicuity, and to detect brain function and networks with greater sensitivity. This talk will highlight some of the technical challenges and recent advancements in functional imaging of the human brain and spinal cord at 7 Tesla, and discuss how this research may translate to the clinic to facilitate a more complete understanding of biological processes and etiologies of central nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.
BIO:
Dr Robert Barry graduated from the University of Manitoba with Bachelor’s (2000) and Master’s (2003) degrees in Computer Engineering. While completing his Master’s thesis, Robert saw an ad in the paper seeking participants for a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. He volunteered for this study and became fascinated with how researchers could use an MRI scanner to take pictures of his brain and infer what he was thinking. As his curiosity grew, Robert switched fields to pursue research in next-generation fMRI technology.
In 2008, he completed a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping at Western University in London, Ontario. Robert then pursued postdoctoral studies at the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2014, was the lead author on a publication demonstrating the first conclusive evidence of resting state correlations in the spinal cord using fMRI.
In early 2016, Robert was recruited to the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, within the Massachusetts General Hospital, to establish a laboratory specializing in neuroimaging of the brain and spinal cord at ultra-high magnetic fields. Robert currently holds faculty appointments as an Assistant Physicist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, and since 2006 has also been a registered Professional Engineer with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.
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Contact:
Witold Kinsner, PhD, PEng
Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Tel: (204) 474-6490; email: witold.kinsner@umanitoba.ca or w.kinsner@ieee.org
IEEE Canada President, 2016-2017
IEEE Region 7 Director, 2016-2017
Ian Jeffrey, PhD, PEng
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Tel: (204) 474-7476; email: Ian.Jeffrey@umanitoba.ca
IEEE Winnipeg Section, Computer & Computational Intelligence Chapter, Chair
Christopher Henry, PhD, PEng
Associate Professor
Department of Applied Computer Science
The University of Winnipeg
Tel: (204) 786-9378; email: ch.henry@uwinnipeg.ca
IEEE Winnipeg Section, Computer & Computational Intelligence Chapter, Vice Chair
Laura Curiel, PhD, PEng
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Lakehead University
Tel: (807) 343-8235; email: lcuriel@lakeheadu.ca
Winnipeg Section, Student Branch
Sergio G. Camorlinga, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Applied Computer Science, University of Winnipeg
Tel: (204) 958-3091; email: s.camorlinga@uwinnipeg.ca
IEEE Winnipeg Section, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter, Chair
Sherif Sherif, PhD, PEng
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Tel: (204) 474-6893; email: sherif.sherif@umanitoba.ca
IEEE Winnipeg Section, Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter, Vice-Chair
Puyan Mojabi, PhD, PEng
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Tel: (204) 474-6754; email: puyan.mojabi@umanitoba.ca
IEEE Winnipeg Section, Waves Chapter, Chair
Amy Dario, MSc, Graduate Advisor
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME)
University of Manitoba
Tel: (204) 474-9755; email: Amy.Dario@umanitoba.ca
IEEE Canada Winnipeg Section Web Site:
http://www.ieee.ca/winnipeg/
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