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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Fagan, Andrew John | |
| Main Department | Physics | |
| College Title | Clinical Lecturer | |
| andrew.fagan@tcd.ie | ||
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| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/faganan | |
| Biography | |
| I have been actively involved in research since 1991, initially in the field of solid state physics (spintronics and nanomagnetics) and since 1995 in medical imaging physics. My main areas of interest lie in the development of novel nuclear magnetic resonance imaging techniques, including both hardware developments (e.g. radiofrequency coil design for Sodium-MRI, novel system design for imaging rigid biological materials) and devising new imaging pulse sequences. I have extensive experience of pre-clinical imaging research from working in neuroscience institutes in the Universities of Glasgow and Dublin (I set-up the only Irish-based 7T MRI facility in the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience in 2005). My current focus in my role as Director of Imaging Physics in the Centre for Advanced Medical Imaging (CAMI), St. James's Hospital, is on clinical research for appications in neuroscience, oncology and cardiovascular investigations. | |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| Institute of Physics (IoP), UK | 1988 | present |
| Irish Association of Physicists in Medicine | 1995 | present |
| Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), UK - Fellow | 1996 | present |
| International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), USA | 2004 | present |
| British Chapter ISMRM | 2008 |
| Awards and Honours | |
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| Adjunct Associate Professor, TCD | 2012 |
| Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, UK (FIPEM designation), | 2010 |
| Won the Astra-Zeneca prize, awarded for “outstanding, innovative research with potential utility in medicine or medical research”, BC-ISMRM conference, UK | 2009 |
| 2003 Won the Geoff Hunter Memorial Prize for best work from a young researcher, awarded at the Applied MR Group conference, Institute of Physics, Dundee, UK, | 2003 |
| Won a travel bursary from the Applied Magnetic Resonance group within the Institute of Physics (U.K.) to attend a conference in Germany | 2002 |
| More Awards and Honours>>> | |
| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| French | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Irish | Medium | Basic | Basic |
| Description of Research Interests |
| • Development of specialised high-field MRI techniques for neuroscience applications in rodent models of disease, (e.g. quantitative measures of diffusion and perfusion parameters in ischemic and tumourous tissue). • RF coil development at high field strengths; • Development of X-Nuclei Imaging, in particular sodium MRI in models of stroke and oncology; • Expertise in clinical whole body diffusion imaging, breast cancer imaging, neuro-imaging and whole body MR Angiography |
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| Imaging, image processing | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | ULTRASOUND |
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| Funding Agency | Irish Cancer Society |
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| Date from | 2013 |
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| Funding Agency | Enterprise Ireland |
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| Date from | 2012 |
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| Funding Agency | Scottish Neurosciences Foundation |
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| Date from | 2011 |
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| Funding Agency | Health Research Board |
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| Date from | 2009 |
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| Funding Agency | Science Foundation Ireland |
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| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Wetterling, F., Gallagher, L., Macrae, I. M., Junge, S. and Fagan, A. J., Regional and temporal variations in tissue sodium concentration during the acute stroke phase, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 67, (3), 2012, p740 - 749 TARA - Full Text DOI |
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| A.J. Fagan, How can Sodium MRI techniques help us understand acute stroke?, Imaging in Medicine, 4, (3), 2012, p367 - 379 TARA - Full Text | |
| A. Carballedo, F. Amico, I. Ugwu, A.J. Fagan, C. Fahey, D. Morris, J.F. Meaney T. Frodl, Reduced fractional anisotropy in the uncinate fasciculus in patients with Major Depression carrying the Met-allele of the Val66Met Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genotype, Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 159B, (5), 2012, p537 - 548 | |
| S. Cournane, J.E. Browne, A.J. Fagan, The effects of fatty deposits on the accuracy of the Fibroscan® liver transient elastography ultrasound system, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 57, 2012, p3901 - 3914 TARA - Full Text | |
| D.M. King, A.J. Fagan, C.M. Moran, J.E. Browne, Comparative Imaging Study in Ultrasound, MRI, CT and DSA using a Multi-Modality Renal Artery Phantom, Medical Physics, 38, 2011, p565 - 573 Url TARA - Full Text DOI |
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