Seminars

Date Seminar Type Location
05/04/2018

Network modeling of Alzheimer disease and its progression

Ashish Raj
Professor, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
University of California, San Francisco

Lecture

Bldg 7 Auditorium

 

04/06/2018

Advanced 3T and 7T Neuroimaging Strategies and the Advantages of 7T MRI

An Vu, PhD
Technical Director, Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Physicist, Department of Radiology
San Francisco VA Health Care System

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
02/02/2018

Preventive Neuroradiology in Brain Aging and Cognitive Decline

Cyrus A. Raji, MD, PhD
Clinical Neuroradiology Fellow
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
University of California, San Francisco

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
11/17/2017

MRI in Radiation Therapy: Opportunities for a Greater Vision

Atchar Sudhyadhom, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physics Division
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of California, San Francisco

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
10/27/2017

Seeking the role of APOE in Alzheimer's Disease

Wes Ashford, M.D., PhD.
Director of the WRIISC, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium

 

9/25/2017

 

Characterizing Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis with Advance Quantitative MRI and Gait Biomechanics

Richard Souza, PhD, PT
Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Research of the Human Performance Center
University of California, San Francisco

 

Lecture

 

Bldg 7 Auditorium

5/22/2017

Cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

Elizabeth Mormino, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford University
Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
4/14/2017

Probing Microstructural and Molecular Changes in Neurodegeneration using Diffusion and Susceptibility MR Imaging

Nanjie (Nathan) Gong, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California, Berkeley

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
4/11/2017

Swedish National 7T MRI Facility: Status, projects and experiences

Karin Markenroth Bloch, PhD
Staff Physicists
Lund University in Sweden

Seminar Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room

 

3/24/2017

Finding the neural basis of tone-grammar associations in Swedish

Mikael Noven, MS
PhD Candidate
Center for Languages and Literature, Lund University

Seminar

Bldg 7 Auditorium

 

3/10/2017

Gulf War Illness – what is it, what might have caused it, and some potential treatments

Linda Chao, PhD
Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
1/24/2017

MRI in Assessing Features of Vascular Dysfunction

David Saloner, PhD
Professor of Radiology, UCSF
Director of the Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center at UCSF
Director of the Vascular Imaging Research Center at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
11/14/2016

Using concurrent EEG and fMRI to probe the state of the brain in schizophrenia

Judith Ford, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco

Lecture Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room
10/24/2016

Brain Imaging for Relapse Prediction: A Scanner in Every Treatment Center?

Dieter Meyerhoff, PhD
Professor of Radiology
University of California, San Francisco

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
9/26/2016

Predicting and tracking the transition to psychosis in clinical high risk youth using MRI and EEG-based measures

Daniel H. Mathalon, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium
8/22/2016

Imaging Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury for Precision Medicine

Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD
Professor in Residence in the Department Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco
Director of the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease, San Francisco VA Medical Center

Lecture Bldg 7 Auditorium

5/16/2013

The effects of age and amyloid status on hippocampal atrophy rate in normal controls and subjects with MCI in ADNI

Rachel Nosheny, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room

5/2/2013

Neuroimaging and cognitive features of late life depression

Scott Mackin, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room

4/18/2013

CSF biomarkers predicting Abeta pathology in cognitively healthy

Niklas Mattsson, M.D.-Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room

4/4/2013

TBA

Rachel Nosheny, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center
Brownbag

Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room

3/7/2013

Effects of Early Alzheimer's Diseases on Structure and Functional Connectivity of the Hippocampus in Cognitive Normal Elderly

Zhuang Song, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

Bldg 13 CIND, Conf Room

2/5/2013

BRAINS, AutoWorkup and ANNs: High Reliability Automated ROI-based Analyses

Ronald Pierson, Ph.D.
Brain Image Analysis, LLC

Other

1/24/2013

MRI with prospective motion correction

Maxim Zaitsev, Ph.D.
University of Freiburg, Germany

Other

1/10/2013

Neural substrates of memory

Loren M. Frank, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Center for Integrative Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco

Other

11/16/2012

Hippocampal memory in aging and dementia

Michael A. Yassa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
The Johns Hopkins University

Other

11/13/2012

The Hippocampal Formation and its Potential to Change

Simone Kuehn, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Other

9/10/2012

Pattern separation processes in the medial temporal lobe

Brock Kirwan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience Center
Brigham Young University

Other

9/6/2012

7 Tesla Ultra-High Resolution Functional and Structural Imaging of the Human Hippocampal-Entorhinal Cortex Circuitry

Anne Maaß
PhD student in Neuroscience
Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Other

8/22/2012

Ultra-high resolution diffusion tensor imaging of the human hippocampal formation

Michael Zeineh, M.D.-Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept of Radiology
Stanford University

Other

8/15/2012

Locally linear embedding (LLE) for MRI based Alzheimer’s disease classification

Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

8/8/2012

Selective absorption of radio frequencies by subcutaneous fat of the head: effects on MRI-measured metabolite concentrations

Anderson Mon, Ph.D.
Associate Specialist, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

6/14/2012

Multimodal brain changes in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease

Michael Ewers, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

4/19/2012

"Structure Tensor Informed Fiber Tractography (STIFT)" to improve anatomical accuracy of tractography

Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Norbert Schuff Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

3/22/2012

DTI based visualization of perforant pathway

Zhuang Song, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Susanne Mueller, M.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

3/13/2012

Cognitive reserve associated with lower FDG-PET in preclinical AD

Michael Ewers, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

3/8/2012

Vascular risk factors and carotid artery atherosclerosis associated with measure of brain volume and cortical thickness in older adults

Valerie Cardenas-Nicolson, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

2/23/2012

Informal discussion on intensity normalization of cerebral blood flow measures (from ASL-MRI or FDG-PET)

Duygu Tosun, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

2/15/2012

Diverging PIB and FDG covariance patterns across clinical variants of AD

Manja Lehmann, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dept of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine

BIR

2/9/2012

Discussion on penalized least squares regression models

Duygu Tosun, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

2/6/2012

Extracting Disease Specific Phenotypes from Medical Scans

Kilian M. Pohl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Section of Biomedical Image Analysis
Department of Radiology
Bioengineering Graduate Group
University of Pennsylvania

Other

1/23/2012

The AddNeuroMed multi-centre study of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

Andy Simmons, Ph.D.
Neuroimaging Department, Institute of Psychiatry
King’s College London

Other

12/14/2011

High Field MRI Research at Stanford

Brian K. Rutt, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiology
Stanford University
Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging

Other

12/2/2011

A novel fMRI method to measure neuronal activity using a cellular proton level dependent signal

Geon-Ho Jahng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Kyung Hee University Hospital-Gangdong
School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University
Seoul, South Korea

Other

11/29/2011

Explosive Percolation -- an overview

Eric Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
CS Field Member, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering
Cornell University

Other

11/23/2011

MRI markers for mild cognitive impairment: comparison and combination of regional diffusion tensor imaging and gray matter volume measurements

Yu Zhang, M.D.
Associate Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

11/16/2011

Exploring Alzheimer's Disease from Different Neuroimaging Perspectives

Gael Chetelat, Ph.D.
French National Institute for Health and Medical Research
Inserm Unit U923, Cyceron PET Center, Caen, France

Other

11/1/2011

The development of the Google for Brain Imaging

Giovanni B. Frisoni, M.D.
Neurologist, Deputy Scientific Director
IRCCS Fatebenefratelli, Brescia - The National Centre for Alzheimer's and Mental Diseases
Imaging Section Editor, NeuroBiology of Aging

Other

10/31/2011

Spatial Pattern of FDG-PET Brain Metabolism but Not Grey Matter Volume Predicts Clinical Progression in Cognitively Healthy Subjects.

Michael Ewers, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

9/28/2011

New probabilistic methods for DTI evaluations of nerve fiber bundles

Norbert Schuff, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Abstract:
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides unique information about the microstructure of white matter. However, the best approach to maximize information from DTI is still a matter of intense debate, especially when it comes to quantifying the integrity of nerve fiber bundles,. Recently, we explored the value of information theoretic measures, such as entropy and Kullback-Leibler divergence, to quantify DTI variations along fiber structures as index for fiber integrity within a probabilistic framework. Simulations suggest that the approach is useful for capturing global and local features of the fibers. We also applied the approach to experimental DTI data from patients with cognitive deficits, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We found that the results are consistent with the idea that cognitive impairment toward AD is associated with diminishing features of fiber bundles.

BIR

4/6/2011

New Brain MRI findings in Parkinson’s Disease

Norbert Schuff, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

2/9/2011

MEG, fMRI, and Serum Biomarker Findings Associated with Plasticity-Based Cognitive Training

Sophia Vinogradov, M.D.
Professor in Residence, University of California San Francisco
Department of Psychiatry
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Srikantan Nagarajan, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence, Radiology
University of California San Francisco

Leighton Hinkley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
University of California San Francisco

Corby Dale, Ph.D.
Associate Specialist, Radiology
University of California San Francisco

Karuna Subra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
University of California San Francisco

Ethan Brown
Visiting Student, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
University of California San Francisco

BIR

12/1/2010

Postoperative Cognitive Decline

Marek Brzezinski, M.D. Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

11/17/2010

Neuroplasticity-based cognitive training in schizophrenia

Sophia Vinogradov, M.D.
Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

11/3/2010

Selective T2 measurements in the brain using arterial spin labeling probes

Norbert Schuff, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

10/20/2010

Ready, Set, Go:  Using EEG and fMRI to Understand how the Idle Mind Switches into Gear

Judith Ford, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

10/6/2010

Functional and Structural Studies of PTSD

Linda Chao, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

9/30/2010

Norbert Schuff, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

9/29/2010

PTSD Imaging Research - where do we want to go next?

Thomas Neylan, M.D.
Professor in Residence, University of California San Francisco
Director of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Program
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

9/16/2010

Cathy Scanlon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

9/15/2010

Bayesian Mining of Image Data

Edward Herskovits, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

BIR

9/13/2010

Why have we failed to find a cure for AD?

Amos Korczyn, M.D.
Sieratzki Professor of Neurology, Tel-Aviv University

BIR

9/9/2010

Valerie Cardenas-Nicolson, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

9/2/2010

Emotion processing and aggression during early abstinence from methamphetamine

Doris Payer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Los Angeles
Semel Institute

BIR

9/2/2010

Jun-Young Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

8/26/2010

Maggie Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

8/19/2010

Brigitte Apfel, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

8/18/2010

A Simple Multivariate DTI Texture/Complexity Diagnostic Measure for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Karl Young, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

8/12/2010

Norbert Schuff, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

8/5/2010

Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease

Bruno Vellas, M.D. Ph.D.
Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse France

BIR

8/4/2010

MRI Of Brain Atrophy In Prodromal Alzheimer’disease: Time course, effect of APOE and CSF Biomarkers

Norbert Schuff, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

8/4/2010

Detection of Age-Related Oxidative Stress in Healthy Controls using non-invasive Spectroscopic Editing for Glutathione Measurement

Susanne Mueller, M.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

8/4/2010

Yinan Liu
Staff Research Associate III
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

7/28/2010

Dieter Meyerhoff, Dr. rer. nat.
Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Yu Zhang, M.D.
Associate Specialist, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

7/22/2010

Multivariate Imaging Relationships between White Matter Decline and Cortical Atrophy in Dementia

Brian Avants, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania

BIR

7/21/2010

Multimodality MR imaging research in dementia

Duygu Tosun, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

7/21/2010

Karl Young, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Michael Weiner, M.D.
Director, Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Professor of Medicine, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Neurology, University of California San Francisco
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

7/14/2010

Cathy Scanlon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Scott Mackin, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

7/7/2010

Joint functional and structural brain changes in normal aging and subjects at risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Michael Ewers, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR

7/7/2010

Valerie Cardenas-Nicolson, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brigitte Apfel, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

7/6/2010

Joint Reconstruction of Noisy High-Resolution MR Image Sequences

Justin Haldar
University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne

BIR

6/30/2010

David Todd, Ph.D.
Programmer/Analyst II
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Jong-Min Lee, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

6/23/2010

Marizeh Nezamzadeh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco
Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Brownbag

6/23/2010

Overview of ADNI for the past 6 months

Michael Weiner, M.D.
Director, Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Professor of Medicine, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Neurology, University of California San Francisco
San Francisco VA Medical Center

BIR