As NIH/NIBIB National Center for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NCBIB), a major focus is growing the HP ¹³C Community that works together to advance the HP ¹³C MRI technology for use as a routine clinical imaging method. In this newsletter, we will highlight several resources that can help introduce researchers and clinicians to hyperpolarized MRI, what it is, and the current research. 

As we move forward as a Center, we are looking for new avenues of collaborations with external sites to perform multi-site trials in HP ¹³C MRI research. Please see below and reach out should you be interested in starting a new collaboration or presenting some of your work at an upcoming seminar.

We are proud to announce that the center submitted its renewal in May. With a successful NIH/NIBIB P41 site visit in October, the Center received a very positive score! We are excited to continue the Center’s goal and mission to collaboratively develop new technology to advance this field in order to better identify and understand human disease and to translate and disseminate these techniques for improved clinical research. We look forward to continuing development and dissemination of HP ¹³C MRI and collaborations with current and future sites!

Advances at UCSF in HP ¹³C & Prostate Cancer

Congratulations to Director and TRD1 lead Daniel Vigneron PhD and

TRD1 & 2 co-investigator Robert Bok MD, PhD who were awarded a five-year, R01 grant titled "Hyperpolarized C-13 MRI Techniques to Monitor Radiation Therapy Response in Prostate Cancer Patients."

Drs. Bok and Vigneron will collaborate with Anthony Wong MD, PhD, faculty member with the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology to study the application of HP ¹³C MRI for the first time to evaluate the metabolic response of human prostate tumors to Radiation Therapy. Click here to read more.

Throughout the years we have had many workshops, hands-on training visits, and collaborations to help external facilities set up their HP ¹³C MRI preclinical and translational research studies. Now, with a click of a button you can visit our Center virtually and learn about our people, facilities & equipment that make HP ¹³C technology advancement possible at UCSF.

Now you can find all our video presentations on HP ¹³C MRI and educational tutorials archived in one place! Visit our videos by date or search for presentations by speaker and/or topic.

HP ¹³C MRI 2021 Virtual Course Release

10 new videos presented by 9 Clinical & Research Instructors. This 2021 HP MRI Course focuses on a wide range of topics from an Introduction to HP ¹³C MRI, to current clinical translation of this research. Click below to visit the course details and materials.

The HMTRC welcomes you to join our International Seminar series on recent advances in HP MRI. This event is open to the public and is hosted virtually.

We are currently looking for January and February presenters for our International HP C-13 MRI Seminar. Present new findings, publications, or other work in preclinical and human research. Presentations are 25 minutes with a 5-minute Q &A. Email us at hyperpolarizedmri@ucsf.edu.

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