Please join us for our next user group session on January 13th at 9:00 MST.

Topic:  Assessment of quantitative diffusion MRI using NIST/UCSF/CaliberMRI Breast Phantom in the I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial

Guest Speaker: Lisa Wilmes, PhD, UCSF Radiology Specialist

Dr. Wilmes is a Radiology Specialist at UCSF focused on breast cancer research and quantitative Imaging.  Her work has focused on diffusion imaging, reproducibility, and neoadjuvant therapy Dr. Wilmes has extensive research experience developing and optimizing DWI and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE)-MRI protocols for preclinical and clinical imaging studies of tumor response at 1.5T, and 3.0T as well as preclinical studies at 7.0T.

Scope:  Dr. Wilmes will discuss work on the I-SPY 2 clinical trials, work with the NIST/UCSF/CaliberMRI Breast Phantom and diffusion.  The talk with focus on repeatability and standardization/harmonization across sites and over time.