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- 1Abbasi Dezfouli, Meysam
- 1Adel, Seyed Amir Ali
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- 12MRI
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- 3Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
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- 3Diffusion tensor imaging.
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Spring 2021
Transverse relaxation (T2)-weighted images are routinely acquired in clinics. However, T2 quantification is rarely performed as most of the specialized pulse sequences used to quantify T2 are time consuming and thus generally not used in a clinical setup. Nevertheless, there is strong interest in...
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Fall 2021
Tracking myelination and demyelination in the brain is a crucial part of studies on neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Classic MRI techniques are unable to provide enough information about the pathology of tracts and lesions. Multi-component analysis of multi-echo data...
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Fall 2015
Inhibitory feedback from sensory pathways is important for controlling movement. In this thesis we characterize a long-latency inhibitory spinal pathway to ankle flexors that is activated by low-threshold, homonymous afferents. In non-injured participants, this pathway was activated by both...
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Non-invasive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniques for assessment of myocardial fibrosis
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While there may be numerous underlying origins, myocardial fibrosis is a common, unifying finding in various forms of heart disease. Unfortunately, its presence goes beyond simply being a herald of myocardial injury. The alterations in the extracellular space lead to abnormalities in both...
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Novel Indices for the Diagnosis of Infant Hip Dysplasia Using Two and Three Dimensional Ultrasound
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Infant developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a common condition in which the ball and socket joint of the hip is not formed properly. Current diagnosis techniques are controversial and lack firm agreement between physicians. Diagnosis is based on a joint application of physical examination...
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Spring 2012
The following thesis describes original studies assessing the gene delivery efficacy of novel non-viral carrier combinations. The first panel of non-viral carriers tested are termed AVPs (artificial viral particles), in reference to their structural similarity to enveloped viruses, and were...
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Oscillating Gradient Spin Echo (OGSE): A Study of Short Diffusion Time Effects in Human Brain at 3T
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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) is a non-invasive MRI technique that is sensitive to the diffusion of water molecules within the body. Its ability to encode water displacements enables it to detect changes in neural microstructure, such as those due to normal healthy aging or...
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Physical and Optical Characterization of Anodized Aluminum-Tantalum Thin Films for use in Thin Film Diagnostics
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Thin film diagnostics have been proposed as a solution to the growing need for point-of-care diagnostic tests. Diagnostics based on anodized aluminum-tantalum thin films use interference colours to detect the adsorption of protein layers on a surface. The purpose of this work was to develop a...