INTERNATIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND EPILEPSY SYMPOSIUM

国际磁共振与癫痫研讨会

• 批准号: 6041582
• 负责人: RUBEN I KUZNIECKY
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-01-01 至 2000-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6041582
• 关键词: bioimaging /biomedical imaging; brain imaging /visualization /scanning; epilepsy; magnetic resonance imaging; meeting /conference /symposium; travel

Epilepsy is a common devastating chronic neurological disease affecting 1 percent of the population. There are multiple causes and different pathophysiological basis for the epilepsies. Advances in magnetic resonance technology have had a tremendous impact in the research and clinical applications to epilepsy. These include both unsurpassed anatomical resolution, functional information, as well as metabolic data. Use of this technology has allowed not only noninvasive localization of brain function and epileptogenic foci, but also has shed some important information on the pathophysiology of epilepsy, such as brain metabolism and brain neurotransmitters. The rapid pace of advances in this field have crested the need for further collaboration between basic scientists and clinicians. The purpose of this grant is to support a 2.5 day invited interdisciplinary meeting of 50 international MR physics experts and epilepsy clinicians who are active in MR collaborative research. They will exchange information and research questions in an informal format of tutorials, brief presentations, and open discussions. This is meant to foster collaborations and new research initiative both within and between centers. The meeting will guide the physicists towards the most relevant disease questions and broaden the epileptologists appreciation and utilization of this rapidly advancing technology. An attempt will be made to promptly publish the output of this dialogue in the form of a book or journal supplement.

癫痫是一种常见的破坏性慢性神经疾病，影响1%的人口。癫痫的发病原因是多方面的，有不同的病理生理基础。磁共振技术的进步对癫痫的研究和临床应用产生了巨大的影响。这些包括无与伦比的解剖分辨率、功能信息以及新陈代谢数据。这项技术的使用不仅使脑功能和致痫灶的无创定位成为可能，而且还提供了有关癫痫的一些重要病理生理信息，如大脑代谢和脑内神经递质。这一领域的快速发展使基础科学家和临床医生之间进一步合作的需求达到顶峰。这笔赠款的目的是支持为期2.5天的应邀参加的跨学科会议，50名国际磁共振物理专家和癫痫临床医生活跃在MR合作研究中。他们将以非正式的形式交换信息和研究问题，包括教程、简短演讲和公开讨论。这是为了促进中心内部和中心之间的合作和新的研究计划。这次会议将指导物理学家解决最相关的疾病问题，并扩大癫痫专家对这项快速进步的技术的欣赏和利用。将努力以书籍或期刊增刊的形式迅速发表这次对话的成果。