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Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Section
Richard Spencer, Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.,Chief
Senior Investigator
Overview: Research includes imaging studies of connective tissue biophysics (whole cartilage, chondrocytes in culture, and in vivo cartilage imaging), spectroscopic studies of muscle metabolism under a variety of pharmacologic and physiologic conditions, and methodology development in imaging and spectroscopy.
MRI instrumentation consists of a triple-resonance vertical wide-bore Bruker DMX 400 Avance system with microimaging and solids capability, a double-resonance Bruker 7T/30 cm DBX system, and a double-resonance Bruker ABX 1.9T/31 cm Biospec.
  • Additional MRI Section Links
  • MRI Section - Personnel
  • Lecture, MRI and Tissue Engineering--ISMRM Toronto, 2008 - (pdf) - (PowerPoint)
  • Lecture, MRI Hardware for Clinicians--ISMRM Miami, 2005 - (pdf) - (PowerPoint)
  • Book Chapter, Introduction to MRI Hardware, 2005 - (pdf)
  • Lecture, MRI Signal Processing--ISMRM Japan, 2004 - (pdf) - (PowerPoint)
  • Syllabus, MRI Signal Processing--ISMRM Japan, 2004 - (pdf)
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