In vivo NMR Imaging

Physical Basics of NMR.- Spatial Encoding - Basic Imaging Sequences.- Basic Contrast Mechanisms.- Scanner Components.- Small Animal Preparation and Handling in MRI.- Cerebral Perfusion MRI in Mice.- High Field Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Small Animals and Excised Tissue.- The BOLD Effect.- Screening of CEST MR Contrast Agents.- Hyperpolarized Noble Gases as Contrast Agents.- Hyperpolarized Molecules in Solution.- MR Oximetry.- MRI using Intermolecular Multiple-Quantum Coherences.- Experimental Stroke Research: The Contributions of In vivo MRI.- Volumetry and Other Quantitative Measurements to Assess the Rodent Brain.- Models of Neurodegenerative Disease - Alzheimer's Anatomical and Amyloid Plaque Imaging.- MRI in Animal Models of Psychiatric Disorders.- Spectroscopic Imaging of the Mouse Brain.- Spinal Cord – MR of Rodent Models.- Assessment of Cardiac Function.- Plaque Imaging in Murine Models of Cardiovascular Disease.- Interventional MRI in the Cardiovascular System.- MR for the Investigation of Murine Vasculature.- MRI of the Lung: Non-invasive Protocols and Applications to Small Animal Models of Lung Disease.- Characterization of Tumor Vasculature in Mouse Brain by USPIO Contrast-enhanced MRI.- Cancer Models - A Multiparametric Application of MRI in Rodent Hepatic Tumor Model.- BOLD MRI Applied to a Murine Model of Peripheral Artery Disease.- Manganese-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Spin Echo BOLD fMRI on Songbirds.- MRI to Study Embryonic Development.- Mouse Phenotyping with MRI.- Analysis of Freshly Fixed and Museum Invertebrate Specimens using High-resolution, High-throughput MRI.- Applications of Hyperpolarized Agents in Solutions.- Target-specific Paramagnetic and Superparamagnetic Micelles for Molecular MR Imaging.- Tracking Transplanted Cells by MRI - Methods and Protocols.- MRI of CEST Based Reporter Gene.