PhD, DUniv (honoris causa), FInstP, FIPEM, FISMRM
Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- d.lurie@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Since my retirement in October 2021, I have been an Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen. I previously held a Chair in Biomedical Physics at the University (2002-21), where I researched and taught MRI Physics, starting when I joined Jim Hutchison’s team in 1983.
My research was concerned with the development of MRI technology and its bio-medical applications, most recently in the area of Fast Field-Cycling MRI, which was pioneered by the group that I led. Whereas standard MRI scanners operate at a single magnetic field (e.g. 1.5 T or 3 T), FFC scanners have the ability to switch magnetic field rapidly during a scan, thereby obtaining information on the variation of the NMR relaxation times with magnetic field strength. Results indicate that this can provide a valuable new contrast mechanism for clinical MRI.
During my career I obtained research grants totalling over £11.1m as Principal Investigator. In 2015 a consortium of seven research laboratories and two companies, coordinated by me, secured €6.60m (£5.92m) from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 scheme to develop FFC-MRI as a clinical imaging modality; the “IDentIFY” project ran for 4 years from January 2016.
I have given over 100 invited, keynote and plenary lectures at conferences and workshops world-wide. I am author of 91 peer-reviewed papers, 8 book chapters as well as 291 conference abstracts.
My CV can be found here and my bibliography is available here.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Natural Philosophy1979 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Radiation Physics1980 - University of London
- PhD Medical Physics1984 - University of London
External Memberships
I was Chair of the Communications and Publications Committee of the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) from January 2020 to February 2022.
Prizes and Awards
In 2017 I was awarded the Academic Gold Medal of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).
In 2021 I was awarded Senior Fellowship of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).
In 2022 I was given an Honorary Doctorate (D.Univ., honoris causa) by the University of the Highlands and Islands. - Publications
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Markers of low field NMR relaxation features of tissues
Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 24901Contributions to Journals: ArticlesField-Cycling MRI for Identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke Below 0.2 T
Radiology, vol. 312, no. 2, e232972Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring the foothills: benefits below 1 Tesla?
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 329-333Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-023-01106-x
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A flexible 8.5 MHz litz wire receive array for field-cycling imaging
Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 68, no. 5, 055016Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOptimization of an RF Array for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at 8.5 MHz
Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB: ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, pp. 1659Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsNew developments in MRI: System characterization, technical advances and radiotherapy applications
Physica Medica, vol. 90, pp. 50-52Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.09.001
In memoriam: John R. Mallard (1927-2021)
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 1815-1817Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28838
A New Method for Investigating Osteoarthritis using Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Physica Medica, vol. 88, pp. 142-147Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLow-Field NMR Relaxometry for Intraoperative Tumour Margin Assessment in Breast-conserving Surgery
Cancers, vol. 13, no. 16, 4141Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMonitoring tissue implants by field-cycling H-1-MRI via the detection of changes in the N-14-quadrupolar-peak from imidazole moieties incorporated in a "smart" scaffold material
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 9, no. 24, pp. 4863-4872Contributions to Journals: Articles