F.M. Kirby Research Center


 
 
 

 

Joseph S. Gillen

Staff Scientist, F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging
Kennnedy Krieger Institute

Research Associate, Dept. of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Publications: 

Scientific Articles

Book Chapters & other Articles

portrait

 
F.M. Kirby Research Center
Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205

 
Email address: jgillen@mri.jhu.edu
Office: F.M. Kirby Research Center
Phone: (443) 923-9504
Fax: (443) 923-9505

Research Associates


 

Research Interests

  • Functional MRI
  • MR Spectroscopy
  • Diffusion tensor/ Fiber tracking
  • Molecular and Cellular Imaging
  • Functional assessment of Ischemic Stroke
  • Proton transfer(exchange) mechanisms

Current Reserach Projects

P41RR15241 (van Zijl, P.C.M.) 07/01/01 - 16/30/06
NIH/NINDS
Title: Resource for Quantitative Functional MRI
The major goal is to provide state-of-the-art MRI and MRS data acquisition and image processing technology and unique MR expertise to facilitate the biomedical research of NIH-funded neuroscientists at several institutions in Maryland and throughout the USA.

R01NS31490(van Zijl PCM) 03/1/99 -11/30/03
NIH/NINDS
Title: Functional Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Brain
The major goal is to design new NMR Methods for a multi-modality stroke exam. These methods will be developed on the
animal scanner and then transferred to the human scanner. The aims for the coming five years are: design of MRI methods to
measure oxygen extraction ratios from T2 measurements; Development of T1r imaging for assessment of water-protein
interactions; design of proton NMR measurements of pH.

R01NS37664(van Zijl PCM) 04/01/99 - 03/31/03
NIH/NINDS
Title: Quantification of the BOLD effect in Functional MRI
The major goal is to measure the quantitative relaxation constants of blood as a function of blood oxygenation in hypoxia
experiments and during visual stimulation, in an isolated blood preparation, in vivo in animals and in humans.

R01HL61695(Bottomley P)  07/01/99 - 06/30/04
NIH
Title: Sodium Imaging in Ischemic Heart Disease
To develop and optimize sodium (23Na) MRI for the normal humman heart and to use it to assess myocardial viability in
patients with myocardial infraction and with ischemic heart disease.

Whitaker Grant(Mori S)  09/01/98 - 08/31/01
Title: Development of MRI Methodology for the Noninvasive study of brain Fibre Structure.
The goal is to develop diffusion technology for the 3D display of brain fibers.