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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Off-resonance magnetisation transfer contrast (MTC) MRI using fast field-cycling (FFC)
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 204, no. 1, pp. 145-149Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFast field-cycling magnetic resonance imaging: Imagerie de resonance magnétique en champ cyclé
Comptes Rendus. Physique, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 136-148Contributions to Journals: ArticlesField-cycled dynamic nuclear polarization (FC-DNP) of 14N and 15N nitroxide free radicals at low magnetic field
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 40, no. 18, pp. 5527-5532Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/40/18/002
Real-time monitoring of drug-induced changes in the stomach acidity of living rats using improved pH-sensitive nitroxides and low-field EPR techniques
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 182, pp. 1-11Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2006.06.002
Sequential, Co-registered Fluorine and Proton Field-Cycled Overhauser Imaging at a Detection Field of 59 mT
Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 51, pp. N39-N45Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/N02
The excretion mechanism of the spin label proxyl carboxylic acid (PCA) from the rat monitored by X-band ESR and PEDRI
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 552-558Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910370413
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Development of a 3-D, multi-nuclear continuous wave NMR imaging system
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 176, no. 2, pp. 140-150Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2005.05.022
Field-cycled PEDRI imaging of free radicals with detection at 450 mT
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 175-181Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProton electron double resonance imaging of free radical distribution in environmental science applications: first results and perspectives
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 183-189Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2004.11.027
Continuous Wave NMR Imaging in the Solid State
Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, vol. 56, pp. 97-140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0066-4103(05)56002-2