Els Fieremans, PhD, and Dmitry Novikov, PhD, associate professors of radiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and scientists with the Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research at NYU Langone Health, have been named senior fellows of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).
The senior fellowship—awarded this year to 25 ISMRM members—recognizes “significant and substantial contributions to research … and people who have contributed in a significant manner to the development of the society or … to education in [magnetic resonance],” said ISMRM’s president Derek K. Jones, PhD, while announcing the honorees on May 6, 2024, during the society’s annual meeting in Singapore.
The society distinguished Drs. Fieremans and Novikov “for seminal contributions to the understanding of tissue microstructure using diffusion MRI and for the development of key enabling tools for microstructural imaging.” The two researchers have long worked together to advance biophysical modeling of tissue microstructure with diffusion MRI, a method that senses the naturally random motion of water molecules. Although microstructural properties are not visible on MR images, modeling them based on diffusion measurements has the potential to noninvasively deliver valuable information about cellular and organ health and could help detect early tissue changes before pathology develops into symptoms.
In their investigations, Drs. Fieremans and Novikov have created productive theoretical frameworks, innovative validation methods, and practical research tools that bring diffusion MRI closer to fulfilling its promise. At NYU Langone’s Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, they lead a key investigative component with the overarching goal of transforming MRI from a device used largely for qualitative imaging into a precise scientific instrument for measuring microstructural tissue parameters.
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