Introduction to Perfusion Quantification using Arterial Spin Labelling

By:   Michael Chappell (Associate Professor of Engineering Science Institute of Biomedical Engineering Department of Engineering Science University of Oxford UK), Bradley MacIntosh (Associate Professor and Neuroimaging Scientist, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada), Thomas Okell (University Research Lecturer, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK)
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 242mm,  Width: 170mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   294g
ISBN:   9780198793816
ISBN 10:   0198793812
Series:   Oxford Neuroimaging Primers
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   09 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michael Chappell is head of the Quantitative Biomedical Inference group at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford. He specialises in methods to infer physiological and metabolic information such as perfusion and pH from medical imaging data. These methods are applied in a wide range of medical applications including stroke, dementia and cancer. Michael is also the Director of Training for the EPSRC-MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Biomedical Imaging. Prior to working in medical image analysis, Michael did a doctorate in SCUBA diving and for a short while investigated methods to identify buried objects such as landmines. Brad MacIntosh runs a lab focused on perfusion and vascular imaging at Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto. Brad pursued Masters and PhD work in the department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto and Western University. His postdoc was at the FMRIB Centre in Oxford. Brad works on clinical translation of BOLD and ASL functional MRI to a wide range of brain diseases. He also uses these techniques to understand the acute and chronic effects of aerobic exercise on the brain. Thomas Okell is the head of neurovascular imaging research within the physics group at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB). His research focuses on the development of non-invasive MRI methods to visualise the flow of blood through the arteries and the resulting perfusion of the brain tissue. These methods are being applied in a range of patient groups, including those with acute stroke and arteriovenous malformation. Thomas is also the director of physics education for the FMRIB graduate program. He trained as a medical physicist within the NHS before discovering the joys of arterial spin labelling during his PhD.