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 90 peer-reviewed papers, 8 book chapters as well as 290 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 am Past Chair of the Communications and Publications Committee of the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), having been Chair 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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Techniques and Applications of Field-Cycling MRI
AMPERE NMR School (2013)Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsFast-field cycling NMR is sensitive to the method of cross-linking in BSA gels
8th Conference on Field-Cycling NMR RelaxometryContributions to Conferences: AbstractsField-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging
8th Conference on Field-Cycling NMR RelaxometryContributions to Conferences: AbstractsMedical Applications of Fast Field Cycling MRI
8th Conference on Field-Cycling NMR Relaxometry, pp. 23-23Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsRapid Field-Cycling MRI using Fast Spin-Echo
8th Conference on Field-Cycling NMR RelaxometryContributions to Conferences: AbstractsTowards a quality framework for localized FC relaxometry
8th Conference on Field-Cycling NMR RelaxometryContributions to Conferences: AbstractsA Single-Magnet Fast Field-Cycling Whole-Body MRI System with Detection at 0.2 T
21st Annual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, pp. 4341Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsRapid Field-Cycling Relaxometric Imaging using Fast Spin-Echo
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsRapid Field-Cycling Relaxometric Imaging using Fast Spin-Echo
21st Annual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in MedicineContributions to Conferences: AbstractsDesign and construction of a 0.2 T system for whole-body field-cycling MRI
Contributions to Conferences: Papers