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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A novel class of 1H-MRI Contrast Agents based on the relaxation enhancement induced on water protons by 14N imidazole moieties
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 4208-4214Contributions to Journals: Articles1H 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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