Research Scientists
Laura Jean Pisani
MRI Physicist/Instrumentation Specialist, MIPS
Education:
Ph.D., Biomedical Physics, Oakland University, MI, 2002
M.Sc., Medical Physics, McGill University, Quebec, Canada 1995
B.A., Physics, Wellesley College, 1992
Awards:
2006 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Postdoctoral
Fellows (F32), entitled "Fetal fMRI"
2005 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pediatric Loan Repayment Program
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 ISMRM Student Travel Award
2002 NCI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Advanced Techniques for Cancer Imaging
1992 Phyllis Flemming Award for Distinction in Physics
1992 Hughes Fellowship
Contact Information:
Stanford Small Animal Imaging Facility
The Clark Center (E150)
318 Campus Drive
Stanford CA 94305
Research Interests:
Dr. Pisani is bringing a GE 7T small-bore magnet online, writing and modifying pulse sequences for animal applications, and overseeing maintenance of two microPET and fluorescence imaging systems.
Recent Publications:
- Pisani LJ, Bammer R, Glover GH. Restricted Field of View Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a Dynamic Time Series. Magn Reson Med. 2007;57(2):297-307.
- Butts Pauly K, Rieke V, Pisani L, Sommer G, Bouley D, Diederich C, Ross A, Nau W, Kinsey A, Dumoulin C, Watkins R. Assessment of MR Thermometry During High Intensity Ultrasound Ablation of the Canine Prostate. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2006;829():76-80.
- Pisani LJ, Ross AB, Diederich CJ, Nau WH, Sommer FG, Glover GH, Butts K. Effects of Spatial and Temporal Resolution for MR Image-guided Thermal Ablation of Prostate with Transurethral Ultrasound. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2005;22(1):109-18.
- Pisani L, Lockman D, Jaffray D, Yan D, Martinez A, Wong J. Setup Error in Radiotherapy: On-line Correction Using Electronic Kilovoltage and Megavoltage Radiographs. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys.. 2000;47(3):825-839.
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