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Neurointerventional (Kieran Murphy
and Mike Kraut):
1. Angioplasty and stenting of carotid arteries
2. Angioplasty and stenting of intracranial arteries
3. Treatment of arteriovenous malformations of the brain, spine, head
and neck(coils, balloons, glue, particles, etc)
4. Treatment of aneurysms of the brain, spine, head and neck (coils,
balloons, etc)
5. Treatment and embolization of hypervascular tumors of the brain,
spine, head and neck
6. Vertebroplasty
7. Treatment of compression fractures
8. Pain management of spinal problems
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (Mike Kraut, David Yousem,
Peter Barker, Peter van Zijl)
1. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain for brain mapping,
surgical mapping, prior to epilepsy therapy, for brain tumors
2. Diffusion and perfusion imaging of strokes, neoplasms, radiation
necrosis, multiple sclerosis
3. Diffusion Tensor imaging of demyelinating and dysmyelinating disorders
4. Functional MRI in children with learning disabilities, dyslexia,
attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder
5. Odor stimulated FMRI
6. Functional imaging in aging, pre-Alzheimer’s Disease, and Alzheimer’s
Disease
7. Functional MRI in higher visual function and cognitive operations
8. Functional neuroimaging in post-stroke brain plasticity
9. Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
10. Hypnosis and functional MRI
Pediatric Neuroimaging (Mike Kraut, Peter Barker)
1. Pediatric study center (NIH contract): anatomic, metabolic, and
functional MR imaging data base in normal children.
2. Multicenter (international including Europe, China and India) clinical
trial for assessment of new therapies in adrenoleukodystrophy using
MR imaging, Spectroscopy, and MR tensor imaging
3. Developing our own software for total brain magnetization transfer
histograms to use as a quantitative method for monitoring leukodystrophies
4. Implementation of isotropic diffusion imaging for the evaluation
of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
5. Genetic imaging: Adding NAAspartase genome to adenoviruses and
using MR spectroscopy for in vivo monitoring of viral spread in brain
tissue. We have our hands on the NAAspartase genome.
6. Correlation of computer-based quantitative white matter and Ventricular
volumes with cognitive and neurological deficit in children with periventricular
leukomalacia.
7. Neuroimaging Core of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Research Center
Positron Emission Tomography and MR Spectroscopy (Marty Pomper,
Peter Barker, Alena Horska)
1. General interests include A) radiopharmaceutical development (PET)
for neurology, psychiatry and oncology and B) applications of MR spectroscopy
to brain pathology.
2. National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression
(NARSAD): exploring glutamate, nitric oxide and alpha-7 nicotinic
receptors in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.
3. American Cancer Society: metabolic imaging (PET and MRS) of lesions
in HIV+ individuals.
4. Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust: development of PET tracers
based on NAALADase (prostate-specific membrane antigen) to image prostate
cancer
5. Guilford Pharmaceuticals: A) assessment of the MR appearance of
the surgically implantable chemotherapeutic agent Gliadel; B) assessment
of brain NAA levels in primates treated with the NAALADase (glutamate)
inhibitor GPI-5000 using MRS
6. A multidisciplinary NIH grant was recently submitted to develop
a Molecular/functional Imaging Center for Cancer Research focusing
on small animal imaging.
Spectroscopy (Peter Barker, Alena Horska)
1. Proton MR spectroscopy of pediatric brain tumors
2. Spectroscopic differentiation between tumors and radiation effects,
radiation necrosis
3. NAA maps in white matter diseases
4. NAA maps in normal aging
5. Spectroscopy and stroke and ischemia
Stroke Imaging and Therapy (David Yousem, Peter Barker, Kieran
Murphy)
1. Diffusion/perfusion imaging of patients after coronary artery bypass
grafting, angiography, balloon pumps
2. Early treatment of stroke with intra-arterial clot busters
3. Perfusion issues and hormonal influences
4. Perfusion and homeopathic remedies
5. Perfusion and affect, mood
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