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Spin hyperpolarization has become a promising tool to study cellular, molecular and metabolic processes non invasively in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS). Biochemical processes can be monitored with hyperpolarized MRS, providing unique information on tissue metabolic and enzymatic activity. To date, dissolution-DNP and Parahydrogen techniques have attracted the most interest as methods to hyperpolarize small biomolecules in solution for potential clinical applications, and have been increasingly exploited for metabolic studies in vivo.
The applications of hyperpolarized MR have included studies of cancer and cardiac metabolism, from cell to translational large animal models. The University of California completed a 31-patient study performed by scientists at UCSF (published in 2013), while several sites in Europe and North America are preparing Phase 1 clinical trials using a clinic-ready version of the DNP hyperpolarizer.
Despite the growing importance of hyperpolarization technologies in biomedical and molecular imaging, there are still many challenging aspects for the scientific community that need to be addressed.
Objectives:
Chairs:
Markus Plaumann - Magdeburg, Germany (Chair)
Adam Gaunt - Cambridge, UK
Further founding members:
Silvio Aime - Torino
Kevin Brindle - Cambridge
Luca Menichetti - Pisa
Francesca Reineri - Torino
Former Chairs
Jan-Bernd Hövener - Kiel, Germany
Luca Menichetti - Pisa, Italy
This ESMI Study Group “HYPER-MR” is multidisciplinary by nature and aims to encourage joint efforts to advance the state-of-the-art in the field and to bridge the gap between basic research in hyperpolarization technology (DNP, PHIP, hyperpolarised gases) and novel biomedical applications in the field of molecular imaging.
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