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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Recent Progress and Future Prospects of Free Radical Imaging by PEDRI
EPR in the 21st Century, pp. 515-523, 8 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersTechniques and Applications of EPR Imaging
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance; Specialist Periodical Reports, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 137-160, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersContinuous-Wave MRI of Short T2 Materials
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 148, pp. 289-297Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmre.2000.2245
Free radical imaging
British Journal of Radiology, vol. 74, no. 885, pp. 782-784Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOptimization of field-cycled PEDRI for in vivo imaging of free radicals
Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 2531-2544Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/46/10/302
Biological applications of spin pH probes
Cellular and Molecular Biology, vol. 46, pp. 1361-1374Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOverhauser Effect Imaging of Free Radicals
Methods in Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Young, I., Grant, D. (eds.)Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDetection of nitrosyl-iron complexes by proton-electron-double-resonance imaging
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 27, pp. 636-646Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLow field (10 mT) pulsed dynamic nuclear polarization
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 138, pp. 313-319Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRapid imaging of free radicals in vivo using field cycled PEDRI
Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 44, pp. 2867-2877Contributions to Journals: Articles