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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1H spin-lattice NMR relaxation in the presence of residual dipolar interactions: Dipolar relaxation enhancement
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 318, 106783Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSlow dynamics of solid proteins: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance relaxometry versus Dielectric Spectroscopy
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 314, 106721Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106721
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13967/2/Kruk_etal_JMR_Slow_Dynamics_VOR.pdf
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In vivo assessment of tumour associated macrophages in murine melanoma obtained by low-field relaxometry in the presence of iron oxide particles
Biomaterials, vol. 236, 119805Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFast field-cycling magnetic resonance detection of intracellular ultra-small iron oxide particles in vitro: Proof-of-concept
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 313, 106722Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMechanism of Water Dynamics in Hyaluronic Dermal Fillers Revealed by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry
ChemPhysChem, vol. 20, no. 21, pp. 2816-2822Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDynamics of Solid Proteins by Means of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry
Biomolecules, vol. 9, no. 11, 652Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA whole-body Fast Field-Cycling scanner for clinical molecular imaging studies
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 10402Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46648-0
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12597/1/s41598_019_46648_0.pdf
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Bilateral Breast coil for Fast Field-Cycling Relaxometric MRI
27th Annual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in MedicineContributions to Conferences: AbstractsComparison of fast field-cycling magnetic resonance imaging methods and future perspectives
Molecular Physics, vol. 117, no. 7-8, pp. 832-848Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2018.1557349
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Techniques and Applications of Field-cycling Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Field-cycling NMR Relaxometry: Instrumentation, Model Theories and Applications. Kimmich, R. (ed.). Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 358-384, 27 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)