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The Beckman Institute is host to many public and private events throughout the year, including the Director's Seminar, a series of public lectures by Beckman researchers; the Thursdays at Twelve-Twenty Concerts, a program of free lunchtime musical performances; and a number of national and international conferences, symposiums and workshops.

The Office of Space Reservations handles the use and scheduling of the 10+ conference rooms available for use within the Institute.

BI Forum for Imaging and Visualization Seminar " MRI for Intra-Procedural Optimization of Liver-Directed Cancer Therapies"


	Speaker		Dr. Andrew C. Larson, Ph.D., NWU Feinberg School of Medicine, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Director, Basic Science Research, Interventional Oncology Laboratory, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

	Date		Nov 10, 2009

	Time		12:00 pm

	Location		Room 5602 Beckman Institute

	Sponsor		Beckman Institute

	Event type		Seminar

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Abstract: Transcatheter and percutaneous liver-directed approaches are widely used for the treatment of liver tumors. These therapies include transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), radioembolization, and percutaneous ablation. Intra-procedural imaging guidance may be critical to optimize outcomes. During the talk I will describe our recent pre-clinical and translational work focused upon the development and validation of new magnetic resonance imaging methods for intra-procedural monitoring of tumor perfusion changes during TACE, depiction of intra-hepatic radioembolization microsphere delivery, and monitoring tissue ablation zones during percutaneous irreversible electroporation procedures.

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