2019 Imaging Festival

On Friday 4 October 2019, we held a one-day festival of imaging to share the breadth of the imaging expertise within the Oxford imaging community. Bringing together many of Oxford’s imaging scientists and clinicians, it showcased the broad range of scientific research being undertaken in Oxford.

LOCATION

Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College

ORGANISERS

Peter Jezzard, Ian Dobbie, Niki Sibson and Damian Tyler

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

08:50-09:20: Registration and poster set up

09:20-09:25: Welcome and Introduction

09.25-11.00: Platform Session 1: The NIHR BRC Imaging Theme (Chair: Stefan Neubauer)

09.25-09.40: Yangdi Xu (IBME) and Lior Drukker (NDWRH) – Learning to Understand 3rd Trimester Ultrasound Imaging
09.45-10.00: Sharib Ali (IBME) and Adam Bailey (NDM) – Computer Vision Methods for Understanding Endoscopic Data and Staging Barrett’s Oesophagus
10.05-10.20: Liz Tunnicliffe (RDM) – Assessing Cardiac Disease with Diffusion MRI
10.25-10.40: Justin Lau (DPAG) and Oliver Rider (RDM) – Geting to the Heart of Cardiac Disease: A Multidisciplinary Team Effort to Image Metabolism in the Heart
10.45-10.55: Fergus Gleeson (OUH Radiology) – Overview of the National Consortium of Intelligent Medical Imaging (NCIMI) Initiative

11.00-12.00: Poster Session 1 + Tea/Coffee: Odd numbered posters presented, and opportunity to network

12.00-12.55: Annual Guest Lecture: Sarah Bohndiek, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge: Title: Shedding Light on Cancer Using Opto-acoustic Imaging (introduced by Kerstin Timm)

12.55-13.00: Sponsor update: Karen McGeachy (Laser 2000): Novel upgrades and bolt-ons for fluorescence and super-resolution

13.00-13.45: Buffet Lunch

13.45-14.45: Poster Session 2 + Tea/Coffee: Even numbered posters presented, and opportunity to network

14:45-16:00: Platform Session 2: Extracting Information from Images (Chair: Ana Namburete)

14.45-15.00: Philipp Kukura (Chemistry) – Weighing Molecules with Light
15.05-15.20: Adam Packer (DPAG) – All-Optical Interrogation of Neural Circuits
15.25-15.40: Jason Lerch (WIN, NDCN) – Mouse Phenotyping with Imaging
15.45-16.00: Heba Sailem (IBME) – Quantification of Vascular Networks Based on a High Throughput Imaging Screen

16:05: Close