MRI Research
MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is fairly common these days. The scanners allow physicians a non-invasive, pain free look inside a patient’s body.
But Auburn University’s newly-built MRI Center will take medical imaging and imaging research to a new level. The facility currently houses an open-bore, 3 Tesla scanner – one of a very few in the Southeast – and will soon host an actively-shielded, whole body, 7 Tesla scanner – one of a very few in the world. Auburn researchers will focus on high field MRI coil design – which enhances imagery – functional MRI imagery of the brain – which allows doctors to look at brain function and test for neurological disease – as well as advanced cardio-vascular and orthopedic imaging.
“We have incredibly hi-tech equipment, talented scientists and significant partners frommedicine, the military and government,” says Center Director Tom Denney, “but it’s simply about helping people live better lives.”
Principal Investigator
Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Auburn University MRI Research Center
Ed & Peggy Reynolds Family Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: With a PhD from John Hopkins, Tom Denney has worked at Auburn since 1994. An award winning teacher, an endowed professor in electrical engineering, he directs Auburn’s MRI Research Center. His interests include cardiovascular MRI and computer analysis of MRI data.
Visit Tom Denney’s Web site.
For more information:
- Visit the Auburn University MRI Center Web site
- Read Denney’s article, “Three-dimensional plus time biventricular train from tagged MR images by phase unwrapped harmonic phase”
- Read Denney’s article, “A dual propagation contours technique for semi-automated assessment of systolic and diastolic cardiac function by CMR.”
- Visit the East Alabama Medical Center Web site
